front wheel drive

mudseeker · 11-14-2008, 06:45 PM

changed a belt on a chevy corsica today. talk about a pain. you practically have to remove the engine just to get to the darn thing. some genius at GM decided to route the belt around a motor mount, so you have to prop the engine with a jack, undue the mount and snake your hand through the 1 inch space between the engine and the inner fender. even the belt tensioner was weird, the bolt was facing toward the engine so i couldn't use my breaker bar for leverage. took almost 2 hours to do a 2 minute job.

if you looked at my arms you would think i was dragged behind a truck on a gravel road.

76silverado · 11-14-2008, 07:38 PM

Thats why I avoid front wheel drives like the plague.

stumpuller454 · 11-14-2008, 08:15 PM

i`ve peered under the hood of my wifes new edge, i **** you not i can`t even see the belt! hopefully its not like her last ford car that needed a belt almost once a year!

FaselZ71 · 11-14-2008, 08:16 PM

Yeah front wheel drive cars suck!! The belts on the older ford escorts are a pain in the ***!!!

87c10slammer · 11-15-2008, 08:21 AM

you know onthe corsica there is a panel you can remove to do the belt... i have changed them many times.. the wife had one when i met her and so did my best friend... lol it seemed like they both wanted to go bad at the same time every year... but for a little front wheel drive car there unstopable inthe snow..

bradrhale · 11-16-2008, 09:35 AM

now he tells ya.
i had a belt tear up on a fwd dodge van the other day. tensioner was bad. since it belonged to the county, i did what anyone else would have done. i took it to someone else to mess with. already knew better than to attempt that.

mrjohnwayne · 11-17-2008, 07:06 AM

yeah they suck. We changed the belt's on my g/fs lancer a while back. it was a pita. It has those screw type tensioners and where the bolt was located for both tensioners You only had about 1/2 of room to get the socket/ratchet on it. don't look forward to doing them ever again.

03chevy · 11-17-2008, 07:30 AM

mud i know what you went through. my mom had a contour v6 and it took me 2 hrs. to replace it and i was cussing the hole time

11-14-2008, 06:45 PM	#1
mudseeker Senior Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 7,155	front wheel drive changed a belt on a chevy corsica today. talk about a pain. you practically have to remove the engine just to get to the darn thing. some genius at GM decided to route the belt around a motor mount, so you have to prop the engine with a jack, undue the mount and snake your hand through the 1 inch space between the engine and the inner fender. even the belt tensioner was weird, the bolt was facing toward the engine so i couldn't use my breaker bar for leverage. took almost 2 hours to do a 2 minute job. if you looked at my arms you would think i was dragged behind a truck on a gravel road.

11-14-2008, 07:38 PM	#2
76silverado Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 355	Thats why I avoid front wheel drives like the plague. __________________ http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=HPIM1105.jpg '76 Silverado10 Custom Deluxe, 350 4barrel, th350 auto FULL TIME FOUR WHEEL!

11-14-2008, 08:15 PM	#3
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,206	i`ve peered under the hood of my wifes new edge, i ** you not i can`t even see the belt! hopefully its not like her last ford car that needed a belt almost once a year! __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! Watch My Youtube Videos!!<<<**

11-14-2008, 08:16 PM	#4
FaselZ71 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 1,177	Yeah front wheel drive cars suck!! The belts on the older ford escorts are a pain in the *!!! __________________ IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4

11-17-2008, 07:06 AM	#7
mrjohnwayne Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,789	yeah they suck. We changed the belt's on my g/fs lancer a while back. it was a pita. It has those screw type tensioners and where the bolt was located for both tensioners You only had about 1/2 of room to get the socket/ratchet on it. don't look forward to doing them ever again. __________________ John Wayne 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke 4x4

11-15-2008, 08:21 AM	#5
87c10slammer Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: levittown pa Posts: 2,197	you know onthe corsica there is a panel you can remove to do the belt... i have changed them many times.. the wife had one when i met her and so did my best friend... lol it seemed like they both wanted to go bad at the same time every year... but for a little front wheel drive car there unstopable inthe snow..

11-16-2008, 09:35 AM	#6
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 9,528	now he tells ya. i had a belt tear up on a fwd dodge van the other day. tensioner was bad. since it belonged to the county, i did what anyone else would have done. i took it to someone else to mess with. already knew better than to attempt that.

11-17-2008, 07:30 AM	#8
03chevy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jax,fl Posts: 1,196	mud i know what you went through. my mom had a contour v6 and it took me 2 hrs. to replace it and i was cussing the hole time __________________ A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste!

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