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To get the belt off, you have to put a breaker bar into the square hole in the tensioner, and either pull up or down. The tensioner spring is what tighten's the belt. It is just three bolts then to get the tensioner off.

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Q: How do you replace the belt tensioner on a fullsize 98 Chevy pickup and how do you loosen the belt?
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