Stretch belt troubles

[ZZman]

Decided to do Serpentine and power steering belt on the Sebring. The power steering belt is a stretch belt. Never done one before. I tried the zip tie method which I did wrong and ended up snapping the belt. Rented an install tool from Oreillys and that was the ticket.

 

[TinyVoices]

I feel your pain. Back when I had my mk4 GLI, it felt like every single bolt that held anything of substance to the car or engine was a stretch bolt.

 

[Kestas]

Are we talking about a stretched belt or stretch bolt?

 

[L_Sludger]

Originally Posted By: TinyVoices
I feel your pain. Back when I had my mk4 GLI, it felt like every single bolt that held anything of substance to the car or engine was a stretch bolt.
Oh, it's a feature. They might even call it "Torque to yield" or something. For every bolt outside of the cylinder head. LOL

 

[KrisZ]

I guess it's application specific. My Mazda 3 has a stretch belt for the AC compressor and the zip tie method worked great for me.

 

[dogememe]

I'm never gonna change the water pump belt on my Ford Escape because it's one of those stupid things.

 

[meep]

what is the zip tie method?

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Sorry.

secret password ?

 

[ZZman]

Originally Posted By: meep
what is the zip tie method?

https://youtu.be/HlTMs9KVzBc