[ironman]

Originally Posted by 69Cub124

You're having a fight with the tensioner pulley??? since im not familiar with that model but the ones ive had with belts and ive changed them or pulled em off to work on other stuff i tend to use a pry bar or long flathead screwdriver to go onto the pulley i dont recommend a flathead if the spring is very tough but i have had a few with a easy to move tensioner pulley

hope this helps

Originally Posted by Gravely Jim

Drive belt pathways and pulley setups are horrendously designed.,,,..the engineers don't work in the real world...in my opinion, which is well, you know.
The best idea I've seen was on youtube where first, you set the parking brake which releases the idler pulleys, providing more room by taking the tension off the belt.Then simply remove one of the ihree idler pulleys in the middle section (it's only one bolt) and route the belt into position, then replace that pulley and release the parking brake to check the tension and the the belt pathway. The real issue is getting the belt over the crankshaft pulley in front and the fan pulley in the back, at the transmission. Again, very user unfriendly. I understand the belt keeper tabs and the mechanical function considerations, but it seems unneccesarily rough.
Compared to replacing the deck belt, it's easily three times the difficulty factor.
Good luck, hope this helps...

"Everyone's ignorant, just on different subjects" -Will Rogers

If you guys re-read post #1, he states that his problem is with re-installing the tension spring, not with getting the belt on the pulleys!