Replacing a serpentine belt is not difficult. You'll need a large wrench with an 18 mm socket. There should be a decal in the engine compartment showing the belt routing. If not, sketch or take a picture of it before you take it off.
Put the wrench on the central pulley bolt head of the spring-loaded tensioner and pull up with one hand as you slip the belt off the alternator pulley with the other. Take care when routing the new belt that it's correctly centered on all pulleys.
If you don't have a decal or picture, you can figure it out with the principle that every pulley should have more than half its circumference covered by the belt. The tensioner and water pump run on the flat side of the belt, the others on the ribbed side.
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