stealthmusclecars

well today was wet outside, so some friends and i decided to take out the stang and have some fun in a parking lot, i did my first nice standing burnout and some donuts (ill post the vids in the next couple days) then i felt it hard to steer, so i stoped and saw shreds of something under the car...turns out i shredded the serpentine belt off my car ... this ever happen to you guys, iim hoping ill fix it tomrow, any experience on replacing it on 97 gt, any problems i should look out for with it?

02WhiteGTVert

uhh put a 3/8" ratchet in the tensioner,replace belt.

Chubstang

^ +1, it will take roughly 20 seconds.

Zanador

It was easy as hell on my 96 GT. If you have a buddy it is even easier, jack it up and one guy puts it through the pullies on the bottom of the engine, while the other threads it through the top ones. Took me all of 5 seconds, at night, with no light.

ShadowDrake

I broke my stock belt at 12k miles! I wasn't even being hard on it. Cruising at 1500 RPM / 55 mph... Battery light came on, lights all went dim, steering became real hard, went to stop and couldn't [8D]I got mad.

stealthmusclecars

alright that makes me feel better, thannks guys! ya well after it broke we needed it to get to my friends house, so me,not being a mechanic or anything, thinks i shouldnt drive it, my friends who all 4 of which took autoshop classes for 4 years said i could, after about 7 minutes of driving i stop because i smell coolant, then they realize oh **** i forgot it was connected to the water pump... thankfully i didnt overheat, but my hood was deffinetly smoking lol

96GT226410

It's very easy and I recommend not driving it. All of your friends are idiots for telling you to drive it. Your water pump isn't pumping coolant which will overheat your car, your alternator isn't spinning which could lead to a dead battery and one really crappy running car, and you'll have no power steering. Use a 1/2 inch ratchet. It takes about 2 minutes to change by yourself.

richsw

Before you put a new belt on try to determine why the old one shredded.

Replace your tensioner at the same time. It's not expensive.

Use a Goodyear Gatorback belt from Autozone.

stealthmusclecars

ya i they "remembered" afterwards, i think they just didnt want to push it lol, and then they admitted they wouldnt have driven if it was their car, o well, im gonna go today to get the cable, thnks m8's