Starting the Fit this morning at zero degrees..as soon as it fired up, I hear a 'snap'
Battery light on...can mean only one thing....serpentine belt kaput.
Didn't have a 'serpentine belt tool'...so I had to rig a substitute. I was doing the job by myself..so I didn't have any extra hands.
I ended up using a box end wrench with a 7" piece of wood to pry the tensioner back and hold it, while I threaded the belt on.
Had it most of way there but needed to turn the engine to get it seated all the way over.....which went easy with a socket on the flywheel and a long extension to a breaker bar.
There isn't much working room on that end of the Fit engine.
I have 235K miles on the car....not bad for the original belt.
Will be the last one for this car.
To pick-up the new belt...I had to take my Prelude out into the snow, sand, salt...twice.
Got lots of looks..."Wth are you doing driving that now?"
Anyone else have the belt give out when starting?