A/C Belt

[sumo]

Not on a 2010 Tahoe! There is no tensioner! Check out the video on my post above.

lol now i see it after all the Copy from alldata oh well, Lesson learned

 

[RoliO]

80k mi on my tahoe. New belts arrived today. Gonna try to replace over the weekend.

 

[shundal]

is there a tensioner for the ac pulley on a 2007 tahoe? I was going to do this on my tahoe this weekend, but if theres no tensioner, I'm going to need to have a shop install it, as I don't have the tool.

 

[Ron.H]

Thank you that was very simple

 

[Tibo77]

Good heavens! What a pain. Guess that changes my plans this weekend. Crap! No tensioner on my 09 either.

 

[Tibo77]

Thank God for this site.

 

[08HoeCD]

Crazy that GM changed it to make it so mysterious/difficult after the '08 model year.
Fire that engineer.

 

[DRG]

Just installed new AC belt on may 2010 Denali. The installation tool/guide did not fit between the main pulley and engine; would not make it all the way around. I was able to install the belt without the tool though and it wasn't too bad and did not seem to damage the belt. Just put the belt in place, on the compressor pulley, off the main pulley and rotate the engine with a socket wrench.

 

[CrashTestDummy]

Crazy that GM changed it to make it so mysterious/difficult after the '08 model year.
Fire that engineer.

A few carefully-aimed kicks to the nards seem to be in order for that stupid design! I was hoping for a tensioner on the A/C belt, but noooo. I spent some considerable time digging through the FSM to try to find the instructions for doing this, but have so far come up empty handed.

To all the respondents with helpful steps/videos, thank you. I'll be attempting this this weekend, AFTER I go get that stupid belt installer tool. I did the accessory belt at the last oil change, but couldn't quite figure out how to get this change done, and it wasn't looking like a 'quick job while I'm there' sort of thing.

 

[wjburken]

Ran into this gem of a change a few years back on my ‘09 Suburban.

Read that not having the tensioner saves on rotating mass (small increase in fuel efficiency) and cost reduction by having fewer parts.