rockstarbass1

ok so afeter getting delayed for 2 weeks everythings lined up for my sc build..... SO I THOUGHT i just realized i need a special tool to get this tensioner compressed and get my belt on. and i DONTHAVE TIME or really the extra cash to get the pulley boys tool. so my question to you all is.... what else can i use? lol iv have a member send me pics but i dont get what it does seeing i dont have a ss to go look at i cant make something. i see the bottom and how it goes on the back side of the pulley assembly... and i get that being pushed down while the big jack screw pushed and goes through a block... what does that block mount to????

hold it ding ding ding.....that block mounts to that engine lift point doesnt it? lol sorry sitting here looking at my parts trying to figuer something out... oh lastly whats that thing made of? is aluminum strong enough? or is it steel? thanks chris

bbbevans89

15 open end wrench push down and toward the firewall

northvibe

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+1 although I dont remember what size exactly we used, it was a tight ass fit, we pounded the wrench on and pushed down/back. and had to pound it off with a hammer to get it to come off, it ruined the wrench but it was cheaper than buying the pully boys tool.

Beck

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u can use anything, just get a buddy and use a long ass screw driver or a couple long ratchet extensions.

rockstarbass1

guess ill get what you guys are talkin about when it comes to be d day sat lol..... as for the man stregnth i allready told my buddy that is a weight lifting nut he will be here for this haha... what am i putting the wrench on exactly though? there is no bolt on the tensioner pulley itself

bbbevans89

it looks almost like a strut lol you have to push it down and back and it will compress its not like any regular tensioner

rukkee

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You put a 15mm open end wrench on this metal stub and push it back towards the firewall . Stolen pic lol ....and not very good with paint hehe

JohnnySasakiMGS

That little piece of crap tensioner! The metal nub can wear out easily and the wrench will slip off. Vice Grips work well. Remember to push down more than placing tortion (sp?) on it or the wrench could slide off more easily.

rnjmur

I bought a little 8 inch prybar that I used. Vice grips will work, but can be a pain to manuver. I don't suggest trying to use a wrench as it will slip off and you will bust your fingers and/or hand and cause you to take a trip to the ER.

blackboltss

just changed out my alternator and the crowbar/prybar is def the way to go

JapEatr

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Red handled 12" craftsman prybar!!!

LaserblueSS

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prybar ftw. i tried for an hour or better with the 15 mm wrench with no success. the prybar had it on within 2 min.

rukkee

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I used to swap my stage 2 and 3 pulley back and forth for testing and I got to where i had to wear mechanics glove so the fricking wrench wouldn't dig into my hand so bad ........Pry bar FTW

Pyros777

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Yeah after so many times the tensioner seems to get harder and harder to depress by hand. In my case, it got to the point where even my former nascar tech neighbor couldnt do it without some very imaginative trickery (rope was involved, and it took three people. A&M style.) lol

I eventually got the pulleyboys tool and took a chunk out of my alternator bracket by tightening it too far down:



The damage is purely cosmetic because that piece is bolted elsewhere as well, but it sure hurts to look at it.

Gene Culley

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That's why last year when I did mine, I got the engine lift bracket and installed it on the alternator bracket. It is well worth it and I had to modify the lift bracket to fit. But now... I get out my pulley boys tool to swap pullies and install it and remove and install the belt. No problems.

JohnnySasakiMGS

I'm going to try and develop a tool for this crap and sell it to CSS members. Cheaply of course.