Serpentine Belt Job. How hard is it to do in the driveway?

Sup folks. I'm approaching 100k on my 3rd gen and according to Toyota maintenance I am about due to change the ol' serpentine belt. Visual inspection shows that it looks fine, but I'd rather do it than drive it until it snaps.
My question is, how hard is it to do in the driveway? I was poking around the engine bay this weekend trying to get a feel for access points and it seems a little tight. I think I'll definitely drop the skid plate, but other than that, any recs to make this go smoothly from those who have done it?

I ordered this belt as a replacement and it should be here tomorrow. Is this the correct one? It says it fits, but sometimes Amazon is wrong.
https://amzn.to/43Xpp2Q

 

OK, so you linked a serpentine belt, It’s not a timing belt. It’s the accessory drive belt that runs the air conditioning, compressor, alternator, and power steering pump.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ewr-bdAOxh8&pp=ygUoMjAxOCB0YWNvbWEgc2VycGVudGluZSBiZWx0IHJlcGxhY2VtZW50IA==

 

Oops, meant serpentine belt. Updated, thank you.

 

I added a video to help explain the procedure

 

This was the one video that I had watched as well. I guess my biggest doubt in myself is the ability to get the new belt threaded through correctly with the limited space and my sausage fingers.

 

I’m no mechanic (just tinker a bit). I changed mine in garage last month.

 

How hard was it feeding the belt through?

 

I just took my time watched the video looked at the diagram and fed it through, little tedious to get it down on the left lower corner, but I was able to do it.

 

It's not difficult by any means, a little fiddly getting it positioned on the lower pulleys but it still only took about 5 min work the first time I did it and I'm far from an expert.

 

Awesome, thanks folks

 

5 minutes that's good...wonder how much the dealer would get.

 

It took me about 30 minutes to figure it out and a few sips of beer in between. But it is doable. My next project will be to replace my PCV valve. I think I can do that also.

 

Here is another helpful video. This guy leave the video running so you can see the job completed in real time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv5fAcT0JAY

 

It's not hard if you watch the videos. Never done one myself, not a mechanic by any means and I was able to do it in the summertime 100f heat in a garage. Took me around 30ish minutes.

Just double check you have it on right before you fire it up!

 

I just changed mine. The new belt was a little tricky to get on, but it only took me about 10 minutes to install and then triple check that it was on all the pulleys correctly. If you don't have long arms you might want a stool or something to stand on. I used a Bando belt,

$24 7PK2120 OEM Quality Serpentine Belt

7PK2120, and it's fine so far. I believe it's made in the USA. The old belt looks fine too at 129,000 miles. The grooves are a bit wider, and it would occasionally squeak if it got wet. There are no markings left on the old belt, but I believe it's original because the previous owner didn't do any maintenance besides oil changes and tires.

 

Make sure you take a couple pics of the belt already on, before you take it off.
Sometimes... No matter how hard you think you remember.... Sometimes when you're looking at empty pulleys you'll find yourself thinking 'How'd this go again?'
Don't ask me how I know this... LOL

 

I'm 80. If. I can do it so can you.

 

I was looking at a maintenance schedule last week and don’t remember seeing anything about replacing the serpentine belt. I’m not sure I’ve ever replaced one, but I have tightened a couple.

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. With any change there is risk that you could break something.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-maintenance-intervals-simplified.766505/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-tacoma-serpentine-belt-replacement.712582/

 

I was replacing belt by myself for the 1st time, took 20 minutes and couple cans of cold ones!