I need the part number for the drive belt for my 2000 maxima. I noticed that its cracked in various areas. Don't want for it to snap on me while I'm driving. Thanks

 

Took about one hour, mostly looking for hidden pivot bolt on Power Steering Pump and tight room for turning wrenches. Two boxend wrenches 12mm & 14 mm, and 14 mm socket w/ extension.

Jack up car (pass. side is a enough). secure with stand, remove front passenger
wheel, remove splash guard in wheel well.
Loosen tensioner pulley (above crank pulley) w/ 14 mm wrench, just 1 whole turn. Open hood, look down (from passenger side) and find tensioner adjust nut, use a 14 mm socket w/ extension (CW) draw pulley up about ten whole turns.
Remove serpintine belt (from under side).
Look up from under side, at Power Steering pump belt adjuster and find 4 inches up, the locking nut, w/ 12mm wrench and loosen about 1 whole turn.
Looking up (firewall side of engine), find O2 sensor and follow to back side of Power Steering pump, a 14 mm bolt and loosen 1 whole turn (really hard to see, but can be seen from different agnle, but wrenched blindly). On the tensioner, 12 mm wrench, draw the pump down (CCW) to release tension and enough to remove belt add a couple of turns because new belt will be smaller, yet.
Remove Power Steering belt.
Install New belt (make sure belt does not hang-up on a bolt head protruding above Crank pulley).
Adjust P/S belt tensioner taught, but not too tight in belt deflection.
Tighten 12 mm lock nut on adjuster, and 14 mm socket on P/S pump pivot bolt.
Install Crank, A/C serpintine belt.
Adjust tensioner from above, for a taught fit. And tighten bolt on Tensioner Pulley.
DONE.
Install splash guard, and wheel.

p/s # 25-040305 = $ 10
A/C, etc # 25-060435 = $ 16.58

http://www.courtesyparts.com/A33_belts.html

 

i got this from a member. pm me your email add. i can email you the acrobat diagram of the pulleys

 

pablosol will you take some pics of the install, and post in the how-2 section??

 

I know this bumps an old post. Found several threads on this and this seems to be the most straightforward description. From my first attempt at this is looks like the key to the whole thing is accessing the power steering pump pivot bolt. With the car up on ramps for the life of me I can't figure out access to that bolt. Any specific combinations of extensions and universals suggested for this? I'm off to pick up a 6 point 14mm socket so I don't round over the nut when I finally get to it.

In a different thread, someone mentioned taking off the right wheel and splash panels? Does this make it easier to access the power steering pump pivot (which doesn't seem likely), or is it just for easier access threading the belts on?

 

Removing the shields does help make for easier access.

 

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