serpentine belt

[Sii]

My wifes piece of **** 92 chev cav needs a new serpentine belt. we are going to get rid of this car in about 5 mts but need to keep it working till then

any idea how much we should expect to have something like this installed? I dont know crap about cars so doing it myself is out of the question.

We are sick of spending money on this car but cant afford yet to replace this piece of crap till jan/feb

 

[Born_a_Longhorn]

The belt itself is probably around $25-35. Who knows what a mechanic would charge you...mechanics are generally around $75/hour and belt replacement should take nowhere near an hour to do. Do you have a friend or somebody you trust that could do this for you? Honestly it really only takes a socket wrench or two and about 10 minutes of your time. Its one of the easiest fixes ever on a car.

 

[Sii]

i have a mechanic that I trust pretty well

I havent gotten the price yet...just curious what to expect

 

[Born_a_Longhorn]

Well, what I was getting at is do you have a friend you trust that's not a mechanic that could help you. Surely you know one person that is handy with a socket wrench. I'm not kidding, this repair really is that easy. Go to the auto store, ask for a serpentine belt for a '92 Cavalier, then let the wrench do the rest of the work.

 

[BigWill]

Drive around your town until you see a short bus. Follow it. Ask one of the retarded kids that get off the bus to change your belt for you.

It's that easy.

 

[BigWill]

the belt's 20 bucks.
The Link

 

[Mrmyke709]

Should be a piece of cake. Of course, with a Chevy Cavalier, I would just drive that POS into the lake. Problem solved.

If you live south, try Nathan Miller in Manchaca.
He's pretty fair.

 

[Z06]

If the mechanic charges you more than a pro rated rate of ~30 seconds, you are getting taken. A serp. belt is by far the easiest and fastest thing to change.

 

[horn4life]

In fact I will bet dimes to dollars that there is a sticker underneath the hood that shows the exact route the Belt needs to take.

I will however give you a sage peice of advice. Save the old belt and toss it underneat your spare in case the belt ever breaks out on the open road. On one belt systems a break is disaster on the open road.

Then again if you don't know how to install the thing then it might not be as sage advace as... learn how to change a belt....

 

[horn4life]

P.S. - honestly if you have a single belt system (serpentine) like MOST newer cars have youshould know how to change the belt, that is why the diagram is nearly always in the engine compartment.

Also if the belt breaks you are flat screwed. I have and always will carry a spare as wihtout the belt your engince cannot cool and thus cannot run for more than a few miles before beginning to overheat.