How to Replace Serpentine Belt 1999-2006 Chrysler Sebring
Created on: 2013-11-11
You can learn how to replace the serpentine belt on your 99-06 Chrysler Sebring with the 2.7L option. Watch this video for step by step instructions!
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Removing the Serpentine Belt
- Familiarize yourself with the belt routing diagram
- Loosen the 13mm bolt at the top of the serpentine belt tensioner
- Loosen the 13mm bolt at the bottom of the serpentine belt tensioner
- Pull off the serpentine belt
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step 3 :Removing the Power Steering Belt
- Loosen the 13mm bolt on the power steering belt tensioner
- Attach a 1/4" ratchet to the power steering belt pulley
- Pull the tensioner aside to loosen the power steering belt
- Pull off the power steering belt
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step 4 :Installing the Power Steering Belt
- Feed the power steering belt into place
- Pull the tensioner tight with a 1/4" ratchet
- The belt should move only about 1/4" by hand
- Tighten the 13mm bolt into the tensioner while holding the tensioner tight
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step 5 :Installing the Serpentine Belt
- Feed the serpentine belt into place, following the belt routing diagram
- Pull the tensioner tight with a 1/4" ratchet
- Tighten the two 13mm bolts into the tensioner while holding the tensioner tight
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step 6 :Reattaching the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
1/2 Inch Ratchet
Jack Stands
19mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the power steering belt on this 2004 Chrysler Sebring. The only tools you'll need are a jack and jack stands, 13mm and 19mm sockets and a ratchet and a ½ inch ratchet.
To start off, you want to remove your wheel. You want to remove the 19mm lug nuts. You want to loosen them while they're on the ground, raise the vehicle, and then remove them the rest of the way. Unless you have air powered tools, then you can do the entire process up in the air.
Before you go pulling off the belts, locate your belt diagram. This one is towards the front of the vehicle and this is for the 6-cylinder 2.7 liter. This obviously helps you route those belts correctly before you put them on.
Now with the wheel off, you can see the entire serpentine belt. You want to loosen up this bolt at the top of your tensioner. We'll fast forward as Don does this. Now, you want to loosen the lower bolt here on the tensioner. As he loosens it, you'll see that the tensioner goes slack, and now you can pull your serpentine belt off the pulleys.
Your power steering belt is this belt that's right here. You're going to want to loosen that upper 13mm bolt right there and we'll fast forward as Don does this. Now with your ½ inch ratchet, you want to stick it into that square there and push that tensioner up. You can see the belt gets looser. You can now pull the power steering belt off the pulley.
Take your power steering belt; push it back up into place. Now, use your ½ inch ratchet and put it into the square hole and pull on the tensioner. You want to tighten up the belt until, basically, when you grab hold of it, you can move it back and forth about a quarter of an inch; an eighth to a quarter of an inch. Then, while you're still putting some pressure on your ratchet, tighten up the bolt that holds it in place.
Just take a quick look here again at the belt diagram to make sure we put that serpentine belt on correctly. You can also see pretty clearly in this shot how the belt goes back on. The only thing you can't see is the alternator, but you would want the ribbed side going over that. Now using your ½ inch ratchet you want to pull that tensioner down and then tighten those bolts up. We'll fast forward as Don tightens those the rest of the way.
Now, we'll continue to fast forward as Don replaces the wheel. You want to replace your lug nuts while it's still jacked up. Lower the vehicle and tighten them the rest of the way. Then you want to use your torque wrench and torque them to 100 foot-pounds.
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