i'm switching to nates 2.9 but im not sure witch bolt to loosen. is the belt tensioner release the torx bolt or the 15mm bolt on that shock looking thing?.

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for starters, you can go to the how to section and there are a couple write out's on how to do it.
a0malous made a real nice one to follow. If you are going to use the tensioner, you need an open-end wrench (15mm i believe) and you push down and back towards the firewall. Once the blet presuure is released, push the belt up on the snouth of the supercharger so that belt doesn't fall off the other pullies

 

thanks, never even thoght to look in the how to, brain fart.

 

well i just went through, and it looks like all of an0malous's how-to's were removed, so your not gonna find much help there. Basically behind the tensioner, there is a little nub that sticks up, and a 15 mm open-end wrench just barely fits over it. It's kinda tricky, you have to push down really hard while your pushing back towards the firewall, or else it'll just strip off. There's also the method of taking a crowbar and placing it underneath the engine mount and prying it up.

 

behind the tensioner?. i though that the 15mm bolt on the tensioner was the release?.

 

it's not a bolt, there is no need to unbolt anything, unless you want to make more work for yourself. There is a piece of metal that should have a circular hole in the top. If you follow that down, there is a little nub that sticks up, 15mm wide, and prolly about 15 mm in height, thats what you put the open-end wrench on and push back towards the firewall

this picture is taken from denny's howto, hopefully he doesn't mind me linking to it. That shows you exactly what you need to put the wrench on.

 

i assume you just revease the process to tighten everything back up?.

 

same thing, once you get the new pulley on, loosen the belt with the same method described above, and put the belt back on.