It's a '97 Camaro, but it has the 3800 and uses the same belt tensioner as my '98 GP, so I figured someone here might be able to help. My sister-in-law came home last night (in the pouring rain) asking me to check her engine because it was making a weird noise. It didn't take long to find that the pulley for the belt tensioner was mostly missing. There was the outer ring of the bearing and about 6 bearings left and amazingly the belt was still staying on.
So, I got a new belt and pulley today and I'm trying to remove the bolt that holds the pulley onto the belt tensioner. I wedged a pry bar to hold the tensioner in place and lossened the bolt. The problem is that I've gotten it loose to the point where I can just turn it by hand, but the bolt won't get any looser or come out any more.
Any suggestions? Will I just need to go out and get the whole belt tensioner? It's not my car and my deadbeat sister-in-law has no money. So, needless to say, 'd prefer the $17 pulley to the $70 tensioner.
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