I was in the process of trying to remove and inspect my drive belts very throughly so I did what the fsm directed, loosen the nut that holds the steering pump in place and then loosen the adjusting bolt. Everything worked fine untill i realized that even with the nut and bolt completely loosened the pump seemed like it was stuck and wouldnt move.

I did get it to move eventually by using a wooden hammer handle like a brass punch and a soft face hammer to firmly tap at the locking to get the job done.

Whats is the right procedure to getting the pump to slide out of the way? I dont think I did any damage to the steering pump since I didnt directly tap on the pump itself but I really dont want to use this kind of method on the alternator.

use a prybar to move the alternator. but you may have had trouble since the accessories that have 2 bolts holding them on, one bolt is the tensioner, but you have to loosen both the bolts so the accessory swings freely.

yeah, on the power steering pump i loosened both bolts but that sucker didnt seem like it wanted to budge. Would it be safe to use like a broom stick or some other strong but soft face pry bar type tool between the accessory unit itself and the body?

use a prybar to move the alternator. but you may have had trouble since the accessories that have 2 bolts holding them on, one bolt is the tensioner, but you have to loosen both the bolts so the accessory swings freely.


thats what i did on my bros car.

sure. i would even say its ok to use a metal prybar with a rag wrapped around it.