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Once you have loosened the alternator belt, creep under the car and remove the nut that holds the pivot bolt to the engine block, you actually do not have to remove the bolt entirely to be able to remove the alternator. Loosening the pivot will be enough.
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I am trying to change an alternator on a 1997 Hyundai accent gl i am at step 2 in your directions They are telling me to loosen a pivot bolt what is this i don't know what to loosen?
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