Help, Having Belt & Tensioner Issues
07-02-2009, 01:24 AM
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Help, Having Belt & Tensioner Issues
Hello everyone, I am a noobie here and hope some one can help. I have a 2004 F-150 with the 4.6 engine. I am installing a new belt and the old one came off rather easy, with me just pulling and doing a little prying off the top of the altenator pulley. Well, I checked every thing out and all the pulleys and the tensioner seems ok, but when I tried to put the new belt on, it will not go on. The tensioner has the square slot that a 1/2 inch socket fits in and I pulled the tensioner all the way down until it stopped and figured I could have a friend just slip the belt over the altenator pulley, but it was still way off, by about 2 to 3 inches. I double checked the diagram, so could this just be that Autozone gave me the wrong belt?
07-02-2009, 10:21 AM
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Ok every one, I knew something was not right since the belt still would not fit even with the tensioner down as far as it would go. I took the belt back to Autozone and purchased a Gates belt from O'reily Auto Parts and it went on right away without any problem. 
My advice, do not buy any Valuecraft 
parts from Autozone.
Thx
My advice, do not buy any Valuecraft parts from Autozone. Thx
