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Pull the entire cooling fan out first.... you don't "have" to (meaning the belt can physically come out without pulling it), but believe me you'll spend 5x the amount of time fighting with the belt to get it off and then even worse back on, than you will to just yank the cooling fan out. Then everything is right there, super easy and you can change the belt in 2 minutes. Pulling the cooling fan isn't hard at all either
For some odd reason, 6.0L serpentine belts seem to last damn near forever... I've never even see one actually wear out and crack from normal wear. Only belts I've replaced were one at around 100k the customer just wanted a new belt, so I put on on for him, them a few on the Econoline vans cuz the a/c compressors seize up and explode all the time (literally... a big hole right out the side of the compressor, every time), so often times it would damage or snap the belt in the process. Other than that though, I rarely ever have to do them. Done alot more belts on the 7.3's, but then again I've also seen alot higher mileage 7.3's than I have 6.0's
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-Jared
Ford dealer diesel tech
Asheville Ford, Asheville, NC
Black/Red '04 Honda CBR 600 F4i - 177,800 miles - the fun toy!
Black '89 Honda Accord LX-i sedan - 400,800 miles and still going strong
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