So i have recently needed to replace the alternator belt on my 87 rx7 gxl. the problem is i need to remove the 3 others in order to get to it. the problem is there are two tensioner's that i need to move to take them off, and they will not budge. i have removed the vertical bolts and have tried to use a mallet to lower it with no luck whatsoever. i have tried anything from that to wd40 the living heck out of it and it will not move. is there something i am forgetting? how do i get it unstuck? This is a great car to drive and it saddens me that it is stuck in the garage.

 

loosen the large nut on the front of the tensioner pulley.

 

Got one of them off but the other wont give an inch.

 

the 24mm air conditioning one i assume?

pictures of what you're trying to do would be helpful

 

Do you mean that the big nut on the center of the pulley won't give an inch, or that even with loosening it the adjuster wont budge?

Like insightful said, pictures would be good,

 

not necesary any more. got the bolt off after an hour of hitting the ratchet with a ruber mallet. Thank you to everyone who replied!