F-150 EcoBoost 3.5 Serpentine & A/C Belt Replacement (Tips and Tricks)
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2018
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In this video I show the steps and procedures necessary to replace serpentine and air-conditioning belts. I get a lot of people ask me how I install the stretch bit air-conditioning belt. Turns out it’s quite easy as long as you have the correct tools. The serpentine belt uses a conventional spring type tensioner and I can be loosened with a 15 mm socket or wrench. I hope this video is help you out if it has please like and subscribe. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave something in the comment section. Thank you for watching - Авто та транспорт
Can we get a standing ovation for the Ford engineer that came up with that idea?! Thanks for the video very helpful.
No kidding. What a freaking pain in the ass. Make no mistake, the zip tie idea is the ONLY way to do this. Trust me, I tried everything. The zip tie way is not 100%, what is, but a little back and forth on the crankshaft pulley and the belt FINALLY falls into place. 3 hours of struggling.
I heard mazda designed this engine.
Chevy does it too dont be so quick to down fords for a stretch belt
@@woo10gamingtv11 but at least you can get to the damn thing on a chevy. I hate working on fords. Always a pain in the a$$
@@woo10gamingtv11 HAHA, opened the replies to reply the same thing.
Like!
Super pomysł z tymi opaskami zaciskowymi. Zaraz idę spróbować. Dzięki.
Nice video :) my belt was super tight. So I ran the belt between the crank pully and the block that made the install go a little smoother.
Thanks for the video I couldn't have done with out you ,you saved me a lot of money. worked on a f150 with 5.0 .
Thanks for the video. Zip ties worked great and saved a ton of money from having someone else do it.
Been a HD Mechanic for 14 years by far a simple effective trick thank you!
Thanks for the video, going out to do this right now also replacing the tensioner.
Very well done video and able to put on a video that make look so easy the A/C belt replacement. Thanks a million
I'm doing this today. FYI you can rent shim kit from O'Reilly. This is a quick and cheap way to do it, no need to rent anything from the store. However if someone is having difficulty with it or wants them they seem to be a good option as well. Good video, thanks!
Thanks, great video. I'm sure the only reason you struggled to get the socket on the head was because the camera was in the way. Very helpful and good angle/lighting on the recording.
Thank you for this helpful video. Worked like a charm.
The zip ties at the 12 o clock position and so on helped out a lot. Be mindful you may go threw a couple zip ties. Also doing it on ramps in your drive way is a bit of a pain. Also it can happen when you put on the serpentine belt the tensioner pulley bolt can be loosened if your not going the correct direction. I know most probably know better but I’m a DIY mechanic in training. But thanks for the video keep making more I have a 2013 F-150 ecoboost 3.5 4x4
good job! thanks for the input!
This video is a great guide to this repair. I have the 2013 FX4 and had to drop the skid plate to get at the belt/pulleys. I also worked from the top of the engine (after I removed the air inlet pipe coming out of the air filter box) and from the bottom (depending on what I was doing). The AC belt popped on, but it did not fully seat into the grooves on the AC pulley. I used three zip ties directly on the bottom of the belt (where it feeds into the pulley in the direction of rotation) and fed the three zip ties into the pulley by turning the crank a few more turns (Again, this was directly on the belt as there is no way of putting the zip ties through the AC pulley like Aaron did on the crank). When I did this, the belt popped into the grooves. The belt was on pretty tight, and I likely would have had to cut the new belt to get it back off. Feeding the belt through with the zip-ties saved the job for me on this one.
yeah it was a little more work for me too. it kept popping off the compressor until i helped it go toward the engine with a pry bar as I turned the crank. I suggest buying a whole bag of ties before getting started. lol thanks for the video though!
Your comment is gold. Was on top of ac pulley and off bottom, just used one zip tie on belt under ac pulley and it popped it right on!
@@ryanwilliams2956 Am I understanding you right- that you had it on the crank pulley and it was just off a groove or2 on the ac pulley and you just took a tie and fed it across the belt to pinch in between the pulley and belt and that it then went in the ac pulley grooves properly?
This just saved me from losing my mind.
Dude saving lives deep into the future. I had the belt pop clean off the ribs on the compressor pulley and would just laugh at me from the smooth, front side (like what happens in this video, if you look closely. Kinda pisses me off he never mentions it, or how he fixed it, as it's visibly on the smooth side during the demonstration, but on the ribs in his outro. Clearly, he knew it happened). Anyway, the 3 zip ties around the belt itself before the compressor pulley and it worked like magic. Kudos!
Thanks! This video helped me a lot.
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Good video with one exception that will greatly improve the A/C belt install. Always take the time to start with the belt placed flat BEHIND THE CRANK SHAFT pulley. Then install on A/C compressor as shown. Then do the zip ties. Ford shows the behind the CS pulley (between engine and CS pulley) then do the zip ties as shown. I tried the on the front side maybe a dozen times or more as did some other readers I picked up from the comments
and failed every time! First try on the back side worked easily.
Wow you made this look easy. Ive currently tried a dozen times with the belt slipping off the ac compressor pulley
Mine tried to slip off the compressor pulley and I turned it the other way and it went back on. Then went clockwise and it finally went into place.
Thanx so much.. Best video I found and very clear explanation!!
Thank you!
thank you for the support!!!
Thank u thank u! We just completed it!!🙏🏻🙏🏻😩🤪😊😊
Thank you for this video this really help me out😎👍
Thanks I love these how too videos...
Good job. I've been trying for 2 hours already and 10 zip ties. Walks right off the ac pulley every time. Don't know what to do next
Great job. Thanks
It makes sense. When the ac locks up it will not interfere with everything else. Also the compressor has its own belt dedicated for full torque for the compressor
Nice video J.R.
ZipTies sheer genius ! I will keep that in mind
Thanks, been thinking I should change my belts with 130,000km on the truck - beats changing them on the side of the road when they decide to go at an inopportune time.
Why Ford didn't just make it one serpentine belt & loop it around the AC is a mystery to me. On my 7.3 diesel it was only one belt, and took about 30 seconds to change from the top. I peered at my 2018 3.5 just to see how difficult it looked in comparison, and it looks like a lot more of a PITA for sure. I used to change my 7.3 belt yearly and keep a spare behind the seat
Nice 😁thanks you for sharing
Thank's sir...
Hpy nice day
Muy bueno el video amigo gracias
Muchísimas gracias 😊
Grasias por el video
Great video. do you have a parts # or link for the ac belt as well?
Thank you
So my 201 F150 made a terrible screech today and the AC stopped. Found that the AC belt had slipped off. Is it advisable to replace any other tensioners or pulleys while I'm in there do attempt the DIY repair?
Should the tensioner pulley be replaced along with the belt?
The belt for the AC is a regular belt or one that stretches
So stupid question when you move the crank to get that AC belt on does that not mess up your timing?
Can it be done in a driveway or need a lift?
Thanks for the video! Did you ever have the belt fall off the A/C pulley? I have zip ties on the crank pulley. Tired about 10 times and every time the belt pops off the A/C pulley. Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Same lmao
same
@@Geo-se7mc same, what is the solution. 🙏 please
I believe this is the same for the 3.7l v6 as well
yes it is.
does it need to be in neutral to turn the crank to get belt to slip on?
No
Imagine how many people are trying to turn the 18mm to the left with the belt tied on top the pulley
Yeah. I caught that too. That’s why I like clockwise or counterclockwise
Your belt doesn’t look to be on the grooves on the ac compressor pulley hopefully you were able to align those
The a/c belt is NOT in the belt grooves on the a/c compressor and that is where the real problem lies with this installation, because as you rotate the crankshaft the belt walks out of the groove toward the front of the pulley and will NOT walk back once the belt is seated in the crankshaft grooves. This is a real PIA project! Not one of Ford's better ideas. The drive belt should have been designed to operate on the inside grooves because it's easy to install and then have the a/c belt running off the outside grooves on the crank. Much easier.
Indeed! One reason is because he’s installing the belt over the front of the C/S. Ford specifies it be started at the and from BEHIND. As the C/S is rotated it will naturally move forward (away from engine) and seat correctly on the A/C pulley.
Wow.
At 3:18 the belt is not in the AC pulley grooves and then the video moves on to the next belt
To the left?
My 2018 3.5 has thrown the belt twice now. No idea why, I'm at a loss. Suggestions appreciated!
Always a pulley issue.
how come it looks like you have so much room in there to work?
Took all the intercooler tubes off
This is the way (mandalorian voice)
to bad you didn't get it on the ac compressor before you cut the camara
Just a little tip. Extensions will suck up almost ALL of your torque. Do NOT use an extension. It will make it WAYY harder than it needs to be. Shouldn’t need one anyway.
Really ?
@@lard1892 they can twist.
The belt slipped off the ribs at the compressor
Chevy, Subaru, Benz, etc....Ford doesn't get credit for engineering this marvel
Fyi, you said “turn the crank shaft to the left” then proceeded to turn it to the right.
Just like how to put on a bike chain
The engineer that designed this belongs in hell.
WORD OF CAUTION.Plz dont be like me thinking you can do this without a vehicle lift.I managed to get it done but it was absolutely the most aggravating & miserable vehicle repair I've done in many yrs.Also you better hope & pray you have eyes in your fingers and you're able to do this with one hand.If you have a lift it should be easy.But if you dont I highly highly suggest you take it somewhere that does. Consider yourself warned.All the best.
don't know what type of echo boost that is.... but I can tell you my Ford pickup does not have anything like that for clearance. Ford engineers I love my truck but you suck for making it like this.
Ford ford...ford.
Really..wtf
your belt wasnt even on a/c compressor correctly!!! wtf!
Wtf are you talking about. It was on correctly.
"Start pulling to the left"
What an ignorance...
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When you rotating on an axis, it'll be clockwise or or counterclockwise.
No left and no right !
Problem I have is when you try to install the AC belt it wants to ride off of the AC