You must remove the lowest connection from the motor mount to motor, then you can normally remove & replace belt.
Remove the nut and you may need a female torx to remove stud if it isn't seized to nut, after removing stud there is a shim between motor mount and engine that can be popped out.
replace tension put it on
Put the belt tensioner tool on the tensioner pulley, and push away from you. Then you can slide the belt off. You either need to cut it or unbolt the engine from its mount and slip it out.
Old age Frozen or misaligned pulley
no its driven by the serpentine belt
There is a special tool I saw in a pawn shop that is just for that.
I had a 1995 buick lesabre and the A/C compressor went out in the winter time. I waited until spring to replace the compressor. In the mean time, I used a Dayco 72.10 inch belt and bypassed the A/C compressor and it runs fine.
There is no tension adjustment. Tension is automatically adjusted by the idler pulley.
One of the engine mounts has to be removed to get the belt off. One of the engine mounts has to be removed to get the belt off.
Remove the lower bolt on the engine mount housing, then remove the spacer. The belt will slip right through.
It can cost between $14 and $30 to replace a serpentine belt on a car. The price can raise to $40 or $60 if a person has it done at a car shop.
probably damaged the crank sensor, or the tangs on the harmonic balancer
it has a timing belt