changing alternator

[LightningVP]

Hey, gotta change the alternator in the step-dads car tomorrow (well, actually today ) I know how to get the alternator off, just not sure how to lossen the belt...Thank for any help

[VrWagz1]

I did mine, when you loosen all the bolts the alternator tips in a bit and lets slack onto the belt. If its a 6 though, not sure as never done one but cant imagine it to be to hard, there must be a tensioner pulley in there somwhere you can play with. And remember to check the wire around the lug is not burt if its the 6 too.

[stocky]

what kind of car? v6? if its a VN-VR engine, there is a tensioner pulley next to the alternator. stick a 19mm spanner i think on it and twist it to loosen the belt

[social]

yea pretty mucha s stocky said its to the left of the alterator and u pull the spanner to the left and it will rise, jst gt sum1 to knock the belt off then let the tensioner back down

[LightningVP]

Ahhh, thanks guys yeah is a standard V6

[LightningVP]

Musn't be that engine...there is not tensioner puller...it's a VN/VP motor...not VR, hence why it's in the VN/VP section...

[LightningVP]

Ahhh worked it out

[peter65]

...bit of trivia here... you can use the wheel brace on the tensioner nut too as the nut is (close to) the same size as the wheel nuts... i found that out the hard way on the side of the freeway...

pete

[pow3rslave]

Musn't be that engine...there is not tensioner puller...it's a VN/VP motor...not VR, hence why it's in the VN/VP section...

same engine