urgent! how to get belts off?

[webster]

hey guys! im trying to get the pulleys done on my car today. i'm right to the end, got the fan out and the pulleys loose. just can't seem to figure out how to get the belts off. urgent advice needed! google found me nothing...the rogue instructions suck!!

here's what i'm looking at. i want to get this done asap!!

[ryankokesh]

Put a torx in the middle of the tensioner pully...it'll move the whole pulley when you turn it. Good luck!


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[webster]

which one is the tensioner pulley? what size torx? you mean a torx driver? there's not enough space between the radiator and the pulleys to fit a screwdriver. i'm so confused. more details needed. thanks for your input.

[Hornung418]

It's a T47 crank it to the right as if you were tightening it down. That will pull the tensioner to the left then slide the belt off the top of the pulley.

[Hornung418]

Actually it could be a hex key as well. Check and make sure which it is.

[webster]

i lost daylight i did 80% of the work and had to put everything back. will try again on tuesday. pretty damn frustrated.

on the plus side i was able to change my PS fluid and clean the MAF sensor.

[webster]

It's a T47 crank it to the right as if you were tightening it down. That will pull the tensioner to the left then slide the belt off the top of the pulley.

i did try sticking a hex key in the middle pulley thingy (i guess that's the tensioner?) but i couldn't get it to budge. used all my force to try to turn it both directions and it wouldn't move. what's the trick?

[az3579]

what size torx? you mean a torx driver?

You don't have to use a torx screwdriver. In fact, a torx socket and socket wrench is all you can fit in there.


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[webster]

i dont have a torx socket or wrench lol

the instructions did not say anything about needing them...

i know i'm starting to sound pretty stupid, but i need you guys to really spell this out for me. i've never worked on the engine of a car before.

so you take a hex key or torx socket and turn it to the RIGHT? that reduces tension on the whole belt system?

[Hornung418]

Also...It should be noted that you need to loosen the four 10mm bolts on the Water Pump Pulley and the three 13mm bolts on the Power Steering Pump Pulley before removing the belt.

As an extra word of caution, if you for some reason need to remove the Alternator you will have to remove the Power Steering Pump Pulley to gain access to the inner-most bolt on the bottom of the Alternator.