link1235jeff

i do the two wrench thing all the time

92hatchLX

Thanks guys I got it. My 18mm socket decided to find it's way back in the tool box lol.

silver91gt

I always use a pry bar, and just pry it up from the top.

92hatchLX

I used the breaker bar.

silver91gt

where do you use it?
on the bolt for the pulley, or what?
I tried it once and it just undid the bolt.

92hatchLX

What you are supposed to do is get a 18 mm socket put it on the breaker bar. Now there are two bolts on the tensioner, the one on the top part where it shows how much tension is on you're belt and the other one that is connected to the pulley that puts tension on the belt. Put the socket on the bolt that connects to the pulley and rotate it counter clockwise and it will take some muscle but it will lift up. Hope you understand my instructions lol I can be kinda remedial at times.

silver91gt

oh, a pry bar is easier.
you dont have to find a socket.

creepshow

I agree silver. I just put a new fan on my car and a crow bar under the idler pulley, on top of the hinge, and push down takes like 5 sec.

SilverHorse

YUP!

Gotta love the things that make a certified mechanic cringe....


I use the handle from my old p.o.s. jack....

works like a chram.... you can also use the lug wrench.....

Demon_Mustang

Yah, when you said 19mm, I was about to say that you're using one too big, it should be 18mm, but I guess it was a typo.

I went to the parts store and just bought a Amco 18mm chrome vanadium wrench and it works like a charm. Not as long as a breaker, but it's long enough to give good leverage while being short enough to where you can reach over with your other arm to get the belt from under the tensioner once you have it up.

I personally wouldn't want to use a breaker simply because where it meets the tensioner is about an inch off from the centerline from which you're torquing, it could pop off, with a wrench, you're torquing right above where the wrench grips the bolt, pretty safe.