Hyundai/Kia Tensioner Pulley Replacement

What you will need

• Car ramps or Jack
• Jack stands
• Wheel chocks
• Allen wrench
• 17mm wrench
• Tensioner pulley

Procedure

1. Park the vehicle and jack up the vehicle.

    

2. Place jack stands to support the vehicle.  Place wheel chocks behind the rear wheels to prevent vehicle from rolling back.

    

3. Remove the wheel well plastic cover on the driver's side to have easier access to the serpentine belt.
4. Go under the vehicle on the driver's side and locate the tensioner pulley/idler pulleypulley.

    

5. Twist the 17mm bolt counterclockwise on the tensioner pulley to loosen the tension, use a 17mm wrench to twist the bolt, and pull the serpentine belt out.

    

6. Remove the 2 Allen head bolts on the tensioner pulley and pull the whole unit of the tensioner pulley out from the top.

    

7. Line up the pin on the new tensioner pulley to the vehicle and reinstall the 2 Allen head bolts.

    

8. Twist the tensioner pulley counterclockwise and reinstall the serpentine belt back to the vehicle.
9. Make sure that all the ribs of the pulley are on the grooves of the serpentine belt.
10. Reinstall everything else you removed. Lower the vehicle to the ground, and you are done replacing the tensioner pulley.

Tightening torque

• 53.9 ~ 63.7N.m (5.5 ~ 6.5kgf.m, 39.7 ~ 47.0lb-ft)