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I'm looking to replace the serpentine belt or drive belt or accessory belt. They have a lot of different names for it.
And also a lot of different makers of the belts and different numbers.
It looks like mine should be 6PK2095 or 2092. I ordered a Bando 2095 or other number they use. Any idea which one is the right one? I have electric power steering which they changed over to on some of these cars but I don't know when, or with what numbers.
Also, I put a 19mm on the tensioner and couldn't move it. I guess I need to double up on the box end and try moving back or counter clockwise. Is that right? And, does it take a whole lot of force?
The tensioner uses a hydraulic system. It will take some force and will move very slowly. The below pic is the 8th gen so the belt routing will be a bit different. This is showing which way to apply force to remove tension. According to RockAuto, the 2095 would work.
I'm in there today. Your diagram is clearly a good diagram, but it isn't the right one for my car. I don't know why or how.
My belt routes down along the top side and down along the front side, and not across the bottom.
I'm also having great problems with the tensioner. It moves, but only under great pressure. And only with a long wrench, or two. I went down to Auto Zone and got a loaner kit. But it only has up to 18. I have a 19 that will go onto it with 12 teeth, but still I can't get enough reach or push back with it.
I also got a ratcheting 19 and with a lever wrench onto it, I have a start.
But. I may also have the wrong belt. I had a great deal of indecision with the numbers on the belts. They were all different. I do know that the new belt will be a tad shorter than the old one. But. Either I got the wrong belt or I'm not getting enough reach back on the tensioner.
I've stopped for lunch.
The long lever idea has a great deal of interference with it. Motor mount, and I don't know what all.
Maybe it's best a two person job. Or I may have to use duck tape to hold the belt on the bottom while I wrench on the top.
Yes, the new belt is definitely shorter. That is to be expected, but I can't get enough of a good measurement on it to tell if it's the wrong belt, or if it is new and just hasn't stretched out at all.
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Now, from a video, I have found that there were two routings for the Civic. One, as seen above, supposedly put too much pressure on the pivot bolt for the tentioner. Therefore, they went to the new routing, which doesn't go from the alternator to the front idling pulley. It goes down to the ac comp, then up to the puller, then back down to the crank.
Yes, I should have looked more closely before I took it off. And made a diagram. And all that.
A lot of the videos were showing the old routing diagram. But a few also were showing the rear pulley as PS. As, perhaps in ... power steering?
When I got this car 2022 I looked for days trying to find the ps reservoir and pump. Sorta.
Maybe a few minutes. And then became aware that it has ... electric power steering, thus no reservoir, no fluid, no pump. And thus no spot on the serpentine belt.
So it may be that when they went to electric power steering they changed the belt routing. I don't know.
Anyway, I want to thank all the contributors here, particularly Bortato as he got me aware that there were two routings and investigating as to why. Supposedly the old one put too much tension on the pivot bolt for the tensioner and it would snap. Ugh. That wouldn't be fun. A tow job for sure. Even tho' his diagram turned out to be wrong. I think.
Does anyone know about when they started electric power steering and the reason for the two routings of the belt?
I mostly too want to thank the brilliant idea of using duck tape (the one with the duck on it, not duct tape). That worked wonderfully and I got it all on and tested. I could not use the Auto Zone kit. It does not have enough teeth to get to a better spot. I did use their 19 mm ratcheting end box end wrench with a large wrench for leverage on it. It has a lot of teeth so I could just click down and get greater leverage on it before I hit the motor mount.
Thus, belt changed.
I will say, on test running, that tensioner seemed to clatter and groan a bit, I don't think it liked being stretched out that much. I suppose that will go before long.
