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How do you loosen the belt and belt tensioner on a 97 Buick LeSabre with AC?
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∙ 18y ago
The belt tensioner on most GM vehicles has either a 15 or 16 mm nut. Put a socket on a long breaker-bar and use it to back off the tensioner.
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