Need to change my belt in an hour

[BlackMetal]

Yup, pathetic, I even need to post a thread about getting the belt off. Car show in a few hours...not gunna go if I can't get this worn belt replaced.

I can't get the tensioner to move just by pulling in the direction the diagram shows, and I didn't think it was like newer tensioners where you rotate the bolt one way or the other to get some slack in the belt, so what am I doing wrong? I'm a fairly big guy, should it require an olympic athlete to pull this tensioner away from the belt?

Hopefully someone is awake already to answer.

 

[1BUICKGN]

belt

you can use a prybar, put the curved edge of the prybar underneath the tensioner pulley and use the aternator pulley for leverage.

 

[BlackMetal]

Hm...alright. Limited tools around my house at the moment but I'll see what I can do.

 

[TurboDave]

Yup, pathetic, I even need to post a thread about getting the belt off. Car show in a few hours...not gunna go if I can't get this worn belt replaced.

I can't get the tensioner to move just by pulling in the direction the diagram shows, and I didn't think it was like newer tensioners where you rotate the bolt one way or the other to get some slack in the belt, so what am I doing wrong? I'm a fairly big guy, should it require an olympic athlete to pull this tensioner away from the belt?

Hopefully someone is awake already to answer.

I use a socket large enough to fit the bolt on the tensioner and a standard size 1/2" drive breaker bar. Turn in the direction as though you were trying to tighten the bolt. This lifts/moves it off of the belt.

 

[1BUICKGN]

belt

you could use the crowbar in the trunk. i am pretty sure that it would be 18 -19mm socket if you use the breaker bar.

 

[fatride]

Listen to Turbo dave, it's a 2 minute job..............

 

[BlackMetal]

Alright I got it to work with the clockwise turn method. I tried that at first, but I didn't turn the nut far enough, for some reason it appeared to me that the idler was just turning, not moving off the belt. I went out there and turned it as far as I could and got a lot of slack in the belt. We'll see how much fun I have with the new belt when the stores open in 20 mins. Thanks for the early morning replies everyone, enjoy the 4th.

 

[fatride]

You going to the Woodridge show today? if so see ya there..............

 

[BlackMetal]

You going to the Woodridge show today? if so see ya there..............

Yeah that's the one I'm tryin to get ready for. Still lookin a bit cloudy though.

 

[Pronto]

Yup, socket on bolt/breaker bar works fine