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I can not find the pulley to release the belt, can somebody show me a picture? It's a 97 2.5L 4cyl
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You have to loosen up the power steering pump. You can see a bolt under it from the back side. You need to loosen it up and it will drop the pump down a little to slide the belt off the pulley.
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does it show you on the diagram on the radiator guard?
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Usually just shows you the routing of the belt.
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spray lots of wd-40 on the long bolt. It'll help loosen it up....it can be frustrating, but it'll get loose.
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no it does not show which pulley it is. which bolt am I looking for on the power steering pump
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It's just under the power steering pump there's an adjustment screw to the left on the bracket sorry I don't have a pic. Counterclockwise to loosen you may have to tap the bolt to loosen the pulley
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On the backside of the bottom... its long and skinny and is pointing towards the engine.
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On the backside of the bottom... its long and skinny and is pointing towards the engine.
back side of pulley or pump itself?
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Loosen the two bolts n the face and then the long one on the bottom to swing the pump.
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You don't need to loosen the ps pump on the 2.5l...loosen the pulley under the ps bolt by loosening the bolt in the middle...then facing the engine...in about the 10 o'clock position...near a sensor...there is a bolt that you loosen the pulley with...one direction will move the pulley up...which will loosen the belt...the other direction with move the pulley down which will tighten the belt up....keep in mind the routing of the belt we removing...I found a very helpful link online...and just did this replacement a few weeks ago..I will search for it...and post it if I can find it again.
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Loosen the two bolts n the face and then the long one on the bottom to swing the pump.
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this is close to what i have on my 98 cept it's a stand alone pully. on mine i have to loosen the pully center bolt and use the adj bolt located on top.
I would either take the old belt with you or take the numbers off on it if they are still there. if not you have an 85% chance of going back a 2nd time for the correct belt.
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