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belt tensioner bolt...

dizzymac

NAXJA Forum User
Location
New Hampshire
Open to suggestions on how to get this puppy out. Its so tiight I broke ratcheting mechanism in a Snap-on 3/4" drive ratchet...really afraid of breaking off the head of the bolt...should I just pull the PS pump and try it that way, maybe with it off the block I could a box wrench on it?
 
Get a different assembly from the junk yard. Depending on the year, you have to loosen the 3 bolts which hold the pump tight BEFORE you can even touch the tensioning bolt.
 
dizzymac said:
DUH!!....thanx...good idea....loosened the three bolts..still wouldn't move. I'll pick up another assy.

soak it in PB Blaster for a couple minutes.

I f you replace it hit it with some anti-seize, before it gets covered up again.
 
I anti-sieze everything on this thing now, makes for a slippery steering wheel though...lol, seems like every bolt you touch is seized, that nice new england weather and all the salt we use...our roads have hypertension.
 
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