Good Deal, Thanks. this is the only decent vid on the 05 nissan, My only
complaint is that there was way more than an hours worth of cussing. I
replaced both belts even thought the little one looked new, there was
‘Banding on the Serp. n this helped me prove to the wife that it had to be
done, n i discovered that i’m missing the upper alt bolt. After seating the
belt and making up new cuss words putting that lower pulley bolt back in
was a ‘Bear, I made two laps around the car with my arms held up in a
Victory Dance. I WIN
Thank you so much! I think you guys who document your work and post it for
all to see are awesome. It makes doing your own car repairs so much easier
when you can hop on youtube and see these kinds of videos. Thank You!!
Thanks for the video. Blindavacado is right though, if you loosen the 12 mm
nut on the other side of the power steering adjuster, it will make the job
A LOT easier.
you did it wrong, for the alternator, you simply loosen the tensioner
pulley, the middle nut, then you can loosen the long tightener nut with a
wrench or socket w/o separating the 2 bolts. Loosen the nut till the old
belt slips off, the new one will slip right on, tighten it up to 1/4 inch
deflection THEN re-tighten the center nut in the pully tensioner and you
are done.
I did both my belts today and appreciate your time. The biggest help was
your “unimpressed” description because I assumed this was like my last car
with a real serpentine going all through the accessories, and I was also
concerned my timing had a belt and could be slipping – I was very glad to
know that was chain-driven. I’ve worked on cars before and figured out
after a few minutes how to loosen the bolt on the power steering pump to
move it forward. All in all it’s turned out great, thanks much for the
video.
I’m not sure why your belts need to be changed because of emissions. But,
the Nissan Sentra doesn’t have an actual Serpentine Belt, it has two drive
belts. Generally I would recommend replacing both at the same time.
@ayubisobhan if you talking loosing the belt, then you will need a certain
tool. I forgot what’s it called but if you go to autozone or any auto part
store and asked them u need a tool loosen the belt and then they will know
what you talking about and show you the tool….
The tensioner you are talking about 0:58 seconds into the video, in my car,
will not loosen, I tried pulling as hard as I could even with a small
wrench and it would not budge. How can I get that loose?
Thank You! Until I read this, mine was not moving at all…I was about to
start on it with a cold chisel. The failure to mention this bolt is a major
flaw in the video.
Thanks for the video, but you do not have to remove the mounting bolt from
the drive belt tensioner. You only need to loosen the pully nut and it will
move forward when you loosen the tensioner screw. If you take the mounting
bolt off fiom below the tensinoner pully it’s not going to work. It will
only cause you swear a lot try to get the bolt to line up.
This video is wrong!!! The front pulley mounting bolts DO NOT have to be
loosened and the front bolt doesn’t have to come out. The nut in the center
of the pulley needs to be
Firstly, thanks for your video- I found it informative and helpful to a
point. Second, I started with your method, and it was impossible to pivot
the pulley back far enough to replace the 14mm bolt without using a prybar
(which I felt might damage something). I basically just started over, using
jamhoskins method – it literally took 5 minutes after that. You should
consider revising your video, or at least adding a note for future viewers.
It was so much easier to simply loosen the pulley nut.
1)This process is more easily done if the car is jacked up and the
passenger side tire and splash guard are removed. Tensioners and belts are
more easy to access. 2) There is a pivot bolt on the bottom of the power
steering pump that must be loosened so the pump will pivot freely. The pump
can be damaged by forcing it without loosening this bolt 2) The bolt in the
center of the front tensioner pulley must be loosened to allow belt tension
to be adjusted using the 8mm adjustment screw.
Hi,I just wonder where did u get these dayco belt for the sentra? I had
nissan sentra 2004 and my power steering belt is making squealing noise. I
used the water bottle test and thought it should be a pulley problem. Might
be misaligned. Any hint how to fix this DIY? Thanks a lot
DUDE! ha ha you had me pulling that damn power steering for an hour and a
half… you didnt mention the 12 mm nut you have to loosen.. not the
tensioner bolt., the nut that allows the power steering to rock. I didnt
see it under the water hose. But I got it. Your video helped alot man thank
you
I took an emissions and inspections test and the inspection failed. I went
to AutoZone to buy the drive belts and they gave me a serpetine belt. I
specifically asked for drive belts and I guess they didnt know or
something. Do they have those at places like AutoZone or do I have to order
them offline? I have a Nissan Altima 2007 by the way. Thanks for responding
too.
CONTINUED FROM LAST POST: Doing this will eliminate the need to remove the
front tensioner pulley bracket bolt. If you do no loosen the pulley bolt,
you can not adjust belt tension (using the 8mm adjustment screw) as the
pulley location will not change; the pulley is locked down. Removing and
reinstalling the bracket bolts will put the tensioner pulley back in it’s
original position which may be too tight for a new belt.
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You can’t just use a serpentine tool?
The new belt is too tight to go on. The power steering one
Good Deal, Thanks. this is the only decent vid on the 05 nissan, My only
complaint is that there was way more than an hours worth of cussing. I
replaced both belts even thought the little one looked new, there was
‘Banding on the Serp. n this helped me prove to the wife that it had to be
done, n i discovered that i’m missing the upper alt bolt. After seating the
belt and making up new cuss words putting that lower pulley bolt back in
was a ‘Bear, I made two laps around the car with my arms held up in a
Victory Dance. I WIN
Thanks for mentioning that we need to pull the power steering pump forward;
it wasn’t obvious to me what was supposed to move where.
Thank you so much! I think you guys who document your work and post it for
all to see are awesome. It makes doing your own car repairs so much easier
when you can hop on youtube and see these kinds of videos. Thank You!!
Thanks for the video. Blindavacado is right though, if you loosen the 12 mm
nut on the other side of the power steering adjuster, it will make the job
A LOT easier.
you did it wrong, for the alternator, you simply loosen the tensioner
pulley, the middle nut, then you can loosen the long tightener nut with a
wrench or socket w/o separating the 2 bolts. Loosen the nut till the old
belt slips off, the new one will slip right on, tighten it up to 1/4 inch
deflection THEN re-tighten the center nut in the pully tensioner and you
are done.
Would this video be relevant to a 2004 nissan sentra 1.8L ?
I did both my belts today and appreciate your time. The biggest help was
your “unimpressed” description because I assumed this was like my last car
with a real serpentine going all through the accessories, and I was also
concerned my timing had a belt and could be slipping – I was very glad to
know that was chain-driven. I’ve worked on cars before and figured out
after a few minutes how to loosen the bolt on the power steering pump to
move it forward. All in all it’s turned out great, thanks much for the
video.
i just did this today. u left out some good details. this is not a good
video. I was better off alone.
The most detailed and thorough video on how to change this piece of Crap
belt. Still difficult but he explains a lot.
I don’t see a lever… I have been trying to get it on for hours. Time to
find a new hobby, it wont go over the gear
GOOD JOB,
very good video thanks had problems with the power steering and this video
helped
I’m not sure why your belts need to be changed because of emissions. But,
the Nissan Sentra doesn’t have an actual Serpentine Belt, it has two drive
belts. Generally I would recommend replacing both at the same time.
Thank you I would have been out there fighting with it and taking apart
stuff I wouldn’t of had to thanks again
There is a 12mm nut on the back side of the tensioner. If you loosen that
first you will save a lot of hassle.
@ayubisobhan if you talking loosing the belt, then you will need a certain
tool. I forgot what’s it called but if you go to autozone or any auto part
store and asked them u need a tool loosen the belt and then they will know
what you talking about and show you the tool….
The tensioner you are talking about 0:58 seconds into the video, in my car,
will not loosen, I tried pulling as hard as I could even with a small
wrench and it would not budge. How can I get that loose?
Thank You! Until I read this, mine was not moving at all…I was about to
start on it with a cold chisel. The failure to mention this bolt is a major
flaw in the video.
Thanks for the video, but you do not have to remove the mounting bolt from
the drive belt tensioner. You only need to loosen the pully nut and it will
move forward when you loosen the tensioner screw. If you take the mounting
bolt off fiom below the tensinoner pully it’s not going to work. It will
only cause you swear a lot try to get the bolt to line up.
On the back side of the power steering belt tensioner that is.
This video is wrong!!! The front pulley mounting bolts DO NOT have to be
loosened and the front bolt doesn’t have to come out. The nut in the center
of the pulley needs to be
Firstly, thanks for your video- I found it informative and helpful to a
point. Second, I started with your method, and it was impossible to pivot
the pulley back far enough to replace the 14mm bolt without using a prybar
(which I felt might damage something). I basically just started over, using
jamhoskins method – it literally took 5 minutes after that. You should
consider revising your video, or at least adding a note for future viewers.
It was so much easier to simply loosen the pulley nut.
The video isn’t wrong, it’s just a different way to accomplish the same
thing.
Will this work for a 2000 Nissan sentr 1.8?
Nice video. I have an 2002 Sentra and need to do the belts soon. Taking off
the front tire, and the shield helps access. 🙂
1)This process is more easily done if the car is jacked up and the
passenger side tire and splash guard are removed. Tensioners and belts are
more easy to access. 2) There is a pivot bolt on the bottom of the power
steering pump that must be loosened so the pump will pivot freely. The pump
can be damaged by forcing it without loosening this bolt 2) The bolt in the
center of the front tensioner pulley must be loosened to allow belt tension
to be adjusted using the 8mm adjustment screw.
Hi,I just wonder where did u get these dayco belt for the sentra? I had
nissan sentra 2004 and my power steering belt is making squealing noise. I
used the water bottle test and thought it should be a pulley problem. Might
be misaligned. Any hint how to fix this DIY? Thanks a lot
Save some time and loosen the lock nut on the idler pulley!!!!
DUDE! ha ha you had me pulling that damn power steering for an hour and a
half… you didnt mention the 12 mm nut you have to loosen.. not the
tensioner bolt., the nut that allows the power steering to rock. I didnt
see it under the water hose. But I got it. Your video helped alot man thank
you
Loosened then the pulley will pivot and you then can use the 8mm adjustment
and your done!!!
Hi I am going to change the belts on my Sentra as well but I was wondering
how long you think it will take approximately.
I took an emissions and inspections test and the inspection failed. I went
to AutoZone to buy the drive belts and they gave me a serpetine belt. I
specifically asked for drive belts and I guess they didnt know or
something. Do they have those at places like AutoZone or do I have to order
them offline? I have a Nissan Altima 2007 by the way. Thanks for responding
too.
oh! A Nissan Altima is a totally different engine from the Sentra in this
video. It has a serpentine belt.
CONTINUED FROM LAST POST: Doing this will eliminate the need to remove the
front tensioner pulley bracket bolt. If you do no loosen the pulley bolt,
you can not adjust belt tension (using the 8mm adjustment screw) as the
pulley location will not change; the pulley is locked down. Removing and
reinstalling the bracket bolts will put the tensioner pulley back in it’s
original position which may be too tight for a new belt.