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get a 1/2 drive rachet and a socket that fits the tentioner pully hand pull the pully to slack the belt pull the belt off and let the pully back in placethen you can loosen the nut ans tap the pully off if needed

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Q: How do you replace the tensioner on a 1997 Ford F-150 pickup?
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