you can put a wrench or a socket on the tension pulley, releasing the pressure on the belt.
idler pulley, the only one that will move
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
first thing to do is loosen alternator,the power steering pump and the small round pully that's stand alone.right above that small pully "the tensioner" loosen and back off, but don't remove. that's pretty much all there is to it. do the same in reverse to reinstall.....
There are three tensioner pulleys that are on each set of belts. You have to loosen the nut on the pully first then adjust the bolt that the pulley rides on. One way tightens the belt and the other loosens the belt.
Look for the idler pully,it will be the one that runs against the back of your surpentine belt,It is spring loaded,it is smooth,use a breaker bar or 1/2 drive ratchet,there is a bolt head that sticks out of the front of the pulley find a socket that fits this bolt head it should be metric,make sure that you take note on how it is already installed so you can reinstall it the same way,using your tool put the correct socket on the bolt and pull in the direction that the pulley moves freely,then you can remove the old belt,there should be a schemetic on your radiator support that shows the routing of your belts.
You must loosen the nut on the tensioner pully the from under the car there is a tensioning bolt 12mm you will tighten it and it will pull the pully down then take the belt off, new one on, then loosen the tensioner bolt til the belts tight and tighten the bolt in the middle of the pully then your all done
a pully underneath the alternator moves with an end wrench. turn the nut clockwise and the belt will loosen up
if ur talking about a serpetine belt u remove the old one by releasing the tension on the belt by put a 1/2 drive ratchet into the tensioner pully and release the tension on the belt and remove it then follow the diagram on how to run the belt and then pull the tensioner and place belt with that pully into the pully drive run and then release and ur new belt is on
CHECK THE IDELER PULLY OR BELT TENSIONER PULLY.
Need to lift car. From the bottom remove the compressor it has 4 bolts, then you will be able to see the bolt that goes to alternator, also loosen the pully from the top then and bottom the botom.
You would use a 5 inch sheave.
How do I remove a pully from the drive shaft. The snap ring that holds pully on has been taken off.Itried a gear puller but it bends the pully.