Changing alternator/ tensioner release
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From: PORTLAND, OR, MULTNOMAH
Just follow your serpantine belt until you get to the tensioiner pulley---the one pulley that is not attached to an accessory and where the belt rides on it. Usually you just take a socket and loosen the nut, which releases the tension. Do yourself a favor whenever you remove a serpantine belt. Draw a diagram of the way the belt travels, even if there is a diagram decal right in front of you near the radiator.
Maybe Shbox.com has a diagram or something, but you shouldn't have any problems locating it and loosening it. JMHO
Maybe Shbox.com has a diagram or something, but you shouldn't have any problems locating it and loosening it. JMHO
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From: Kansas
okay, between the AC and the damper is a small little pulley with an arm on it. I believe it is a 13 or 14mm bolt. Put a wrench on it, turn it so it goes up (towards the hood of the car)
With the wrench on there and it turned up, you can slide the belt off, and wallah.
With the wrench on there and it turned up, you can slide the belt off, and wallah.
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From: Little Rock, AR
Here you go.
Originally Posted by shbox.com
Remove the serpentine belt by releasing the tensioner. A 13mm socket placed on the tensioner pulley bolt and pulled clock-wise will take tension off the belt. You will need to leave yourself room to get your socket and ratchet off, as the tensioner will return farther CCW with the belt off.
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