1985 Cadillac Deville. I have the belt mounted on all the pulleys but the tensioner. I can%26#039;t seem to get the tensioner pulley to budge. any suggestions?|||slip a 2-3 foot long pipe over your wrench. you need lots of leverage the release the tension|||well i don%26#039;t know if its the same on your as on my 98 Chevy Silverado but on the tensioner pulley you should see a square hole where the pulley itself is, you can just out a socket ratchet wrench in that without a socket and then crank down on it, makes it real easy, on mine you use a 1/2%26quot; drive ratchet, probably the same size on yours but might be a different ratchet size like a 3/4%26quot;, wouldn%26#039;t be 1/4%26quot; because that would be to small but i wouldn%26#039;t rule it out
fwf - the one on mine the spring is strong enough to where you can%26#039;t use your hands to just put it in place even one for a used one, even worse for a new one, you can if your strong enough but you have to be pretty strong, also it would mess up your hand, they have to have a strong spring to be useful, the bearing in the pulley will wear out before the spring so if its so wore out where you can easily move with your hands then the bearing will be bad also and just might as well replace the whole thing if its that easy, so you can%26#039;t just put it in place with your hands and it not hurt, trust me i%26#039;ve tried just to see if i could, im not weak but im not a big guy either and i couldn%26#039;t do it, i could get close but not enough, then i used a 1/2%26quot; drive ratchet wrench without a socket and no pipe just the ratchet and did it with ease because you have both a good handle and you use leverage lol|||The tensioner is spring loaded . You should be able to push/pull on it. If it doesn%26#039;t move at all, it needs to be replaced.
