I got a Chevy S-10 I need to replace the alternator, and therefore need the belt off. Any one know of a way to get the tensioner to release without a bar wrench, as I dont have one.

1/29/2009 9:39:32 PM

Dude, where you at. I'll come knock dat bitch out fo 20 dolla. RIGHT NOW. For 45 dolla, I'll swap the alternator too.

1/29/2009 10:43:19 PM

1/29/2009 10:47:08 PM

na I got the alternator. thanks though. Ya im seeing now i need a torque wrench. last car it was release a bolt and it de-actuated the spring.

1/30/2009 8:13:40 AM

cut it off?

1/30/2009 8:21:17 AM

^ might be an option but I still have to put one back on. I might just replace it while ive got it off, so ya.

1/30/2009 8:36:23 AM

you dont need no torque wrench. grow a pair.

1/30/2009 8:36:39 AM

Son, I've done this slightly less than a hundred times (MAYBE), and half the time I used a fucking combination wrench. And half the time I used a 3/8" drive ratchet. Another half of the time, I used a prybar, strategically placed. And still another half of the time, I used the long bar tool with socket inserts that they make specifically for the job.

1/30/2009 11:06:36 AM

there are about 50 damn ways to do it, all you gotta do is move the arm back less than an inch, most of the time a wrench on the pulley bolt will do it

1/30/2009 4:20:41 PM

Got it off with my socket wrench. Thanks for the help!

Took us 3 damn hrs to get the alternator off. Had like an inch of space to torque one bolt with, then i missed a bolt in the back. luckly it came off easy. lol. 30 mins getting new on one

Done by lunch, went to mitch's.

1/30/2009 11:11:09 PM

good lord, i've never had that take longer than 15-20 min start to finish

1/31/2009 7:07:58 AM