I'm trying to do an alternator belt replacement. The drive pulley comes within an eighth of an inch of the engine block, and I can't get the belt out in that little space.
I saw Don's comment from a couple Decembers ago:
> There's nothing hanging on to your belt other than a layer of crud on the side of the engine (between the pulley on the accessory drive and the engine). In ideal circumstances, the belt will practically touch the outside of the pulley and the side of the engine, which means that any build-up of crud will prevent the belt from coming away from the pulley sufficiently to remove it. We sometimes have to scrape the side of the block with a putty knife before the belt will come off.
Is this (scrape the crud, rust and scale off the engine block) what people do? Or do they remove the pulley? Or is there some other useful trick?
-Marty
I saw Don's comment from a couple Decembers ago:
> There's nothing hanging on to your belt other than a layer of crud on the side of the engine (between the pulley on the accessory drive and the engine). In ideal circumstances, the belt will practically touch the outside of the pulley and the side of the engine, which means that any build-up of crud will prevent the belt from coming away from the pulley sufficiently to remove it. We sometimes have to scrape the side of the block with a putty knife before the belt will come off.
Is this (scrape the crud, rust and scale off the engine block) what people do? Or do they remove the pulley? Or is there some other useful trick?
-Marty
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