A/C adjuster bolt removal: back here yet again

[Kneale Brownson]

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The "bolt" and the "nut" with the teeth are two separate parts.  If you
hold the "nut" with a thin wrench of the appropriate size (and I can't
remember what that size is but it might be 17 -- 19 mm or larger), you can
turn the bolt head completely out of the nut.  I had to do that on the
alternator adjuster, which uses the same toothed nut and bolt, to get that
fully loose.

At 09:27 PM 05/22/2002 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>Yet again I can't get the A/C belt off.
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>I clearly remember that the last bit of travel was yielded by removal
>of both bolt and toothed nut that make up the adjuster for the A/C
>compressor.
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>I can back the lock bolt out freely a decent bit, but soon it starts
>binding on the toothed nut; probably the threads are hitting the
>inside of the toothed nut.
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>Okay, so I put it back in a couple turns until things loosen up
>again.  I grip the toothed adjuster with visegrips and
>wiggle/pull/etc.  Nothing.  Jam a small screwdriver in there and try
>to pry/pop it out.  Nothing.
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>I -know- I got this adjuster out last time, and I -know- it was the
>only way to get the belt completely off+on.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Brett
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