{"id":76948,"date":"2021-01-11T04:54:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=76948"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:25:54","slug":"serpentine-belt-cracking-2005-chevy-uplander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/01\/serpentine-belt-cracking-2005-chevy-uplander","title":{"rendered":"Serpentine Belt Cracking 2005 Chevy Uplander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The serpentine belt is starting to crack just slightly.  What can i pt on it to prevent more cracking?<br \/><br \/>Thank you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing you can do to the existing belt. A new serpentine belt is what is needed. Cracking is the first sign the belt needs to be replaced. I went ahead and looked up the part for you. Followed up with the routing diagram and replacement procedure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=freea08-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B000CAYTA0&#038;asins=B000CAYTA0&#038;linkId=7493a499a9aaaf96a0c1897d3aa4e208&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2005-chevy-uplander-belt-routing-diagram.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2005-chevy-uplander-belt-routing-diagram.gif\" alt=\"2005-chevy-uplander-belt-routing-diagram\" class=\"wp-image-76995\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Serpentine belt Routing Diagram 2005 Chevy Uplander 3.5L<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-serpentine-drive-belt-replace\">SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT, REPLACE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rotate drive belt tensioner counterclockwise to release tension.<\/li><li>Remove serpentine drive belt.<\/li><li>Reverse procedure to install.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"2005 Chevy Uplander\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_tTUyKpyqa9o\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtTUyKpyqa9o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tTUyKpyqa9o\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT59S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2015-10-09T01:02:36Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_tTUyKpyqa9o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtTUyKpyqa9o%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">2005 Chevy Uplander<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tTUyKpyqa9o\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FtTUyKpyqa9o%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"2005 Chevy Uplander\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"2005 Chevy Uplander\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The serpentine belt is starting to crack just slightly. What can i pt on it to prevent more cracking? Thank you Nothing you can do to the existing belt. A new serpentine belt is what is needed. Cracking is the first sign the belt needs to be replaced. I went ahead and looked up the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/01\/serpentine-belt-cracking-2005-chevy-uplander\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Serpentine Belt Cracking 2005 Chevy Uplander<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15523,"featured_media":76996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[335,9176],"class_list":["post-76948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-chevy","tag-serpentine-belt","tag-uplander"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serpentine Belt Cracking 2005 Chevy Uplander - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/01\/serpentine-belt-cracking-2005-chevy-uplander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serpentine Belt Cracking 2005 Chevy Uplander\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The serpentine belt is starting to crack just slightly. 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