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the alternator is just a tensioner per se so it's really about the same--isnt it?

@@terrybo5924 Not exactly. You literally have to loosen the mounting bolts on the alternator and then undo the pinch bolt before adjusting the belt tension with the adjustment bolt. I have this Camry, a Ford Focus and a VW GTI. So in comparison, with the Ford Focus you use a very skinny serpentine belt wrench from above. Or get underneath the car, remove a plastic cover and then use a wrench to turn the belt tensioner (no adjustment necessary). Or with the GTI you just use a breaker bar and a socket on the tensioner and pull towards you to relieve tension (no adjustment necessary) But I admit I didn’t understand how the tensioner works on the Camry and I had just finished bending my adjustment bolt and buying a new one when I wrote that comment. I thought we were just loosening the mounting bolts in order to get the belt on and off and I tightened the alternator bolts back before attempting to tighten the belt adjustment bolt. Knowing what I know now, replacing the belt on this Camry would take 15-30 minutes and you have to either use a belt tensioning meter, or just try to estimate how tight the belt needs to be. Replacing the belt on the Ford Focus: 5 minutes or 20 minutes, depending on if you have a serpentine belt wrench that fits in the small space. GTI: 5 minutes

You can but you'll probably have to measure it with a string to determine the right size

@@icarus-flies7929 did that on my 95 maxima. the a/c compressor went bad so i got a shorter belt.