Yes, in most cases you should replace your car's serpentine belt when replacing the alternator. It's just much simpler to do ...

Your engine depends on a single rubber belt to keep critical accessories spinning in sync. When that serpentine belt slips, ...

The serpentine belt (also known as the accessories belt) in your Toyota Tacoma is drove by the main pulley in the head of the crankshaft. It is used to drive auxiliary systems like the alternator, ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

It's not unusual for a vintage truck to have a long list of contemporary electrical accessories added to it: ultra-bright headlights, stereo, air conditioning, power windows, and more. And just as ...

Unless you’re driving an electric car, you have at least one accessory drive belt under your hood known as the “serpentine belt” because of the way it snakes around the engine bay. All belts wear and ...

V-belts were the standard for decades, but serpentine belts have replaced them in today's cars. There are several reasons ...

The Olds and Pontiac V8 engines are completely different designs. Some of the individual engine-driven components, such as the power-steering pump and the alternator (as well as pulleys for those ...

Some 2007 Yaris models may emit a squealing sound from the engine bay. One likely cause of the noise, according to Toyota, is the serpentine drive belt slipping on the various pulleys. Replacing the ...

Regardless of what year Corvette you are driving today, if you are reading this there is a good chance you remember V-belts. Sure, the serpentine systems have been around a while, but many vintage ...

The timing belt is a critical maintenance item at high mileage, so it matters what quality of timing belt you put in a ...