Loosening tension on the power steering belt...

[nimixes]

Hello, as the title says I am attmepting to loosen the tension on the power steering belt without success. I have undone the holding screw off the tensioner and backed off the tensioner bolt shown in these two pictures.


After this I figured I would have some slack and tried pushing down on the power steering pump but I'm not getting it to budge at all. Is there anything else I'm missing or a trick to get me some slack?

[ck_chino]

One more bolt behind pulley. You can only see this bolt when the pulley is turned at a certain degree which exposes bolt head

[nimixes]

Is it engine side or passenger side?

[ck_chino]

if you look at ur power steering pulley there are two elongated holes on the face of the pulley. rotate ur pulley and eventually u will see a bolt head around maybe 10 o'clock thru these elongated holes on the face of the pulley. as per ur second pic it seems u might have to turn a little bit counter clockwise and then the bolt head will be exposed.

btw a shallow 14mm socket with a 3/8 drive ratchet will be perfect for that

hope this helps. just imagine where the pump is suppose to pivot from

[nimixes]

This is very helpful! Thank you so much, I knew I was missing something obvious.

[nimixes]

Removed the bolt at 10 o'clock and it's still not budging. Is there anything else that I'm missing?

[nimixes]

Fixed: got a 2x4 and a mallet and it came loose. Thx for the help.