JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

JE> Roy, most cars with serpentine belts have a square hole in the 
JE> tension pulley bracket that will allow you to easily use a 
JE> 1/2" drive flex handle or ratchet 

A breaker bar in my case.  Nothing else I have would be quite long enough.

JE> to remove the tension on the belt so as to remove the belt so 
JE> you can spin the alternator pulley to check for noise. When done 
JE> the belt can easiely be reinstalled in just a few seconds.

Which is why I have both the belt and the breaker bar in the trunk.  Now
all I need is some weather that's conducive to working on vehicles.  It's
too cold out there at this point.

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