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I’m dealing with one tough cookie on trying to remove the bolt on the whole tensioner pully which is a t-47 torx bit and I can’t budge it. Soaked it with all the lubricates, then heated it from the back spayed ice water on it to no avail nothing. My next option is to just remove the pulley itself which has a 15mm bolt head. My question is what direction do you turn the 15mm bolt to get that off? clockwise or counter clockwise.? No clue why the car companys are using steel bolts to mount the pulleys into aluminum carriage when from you tube vids seeing these guys going through !&&* to extract these steel bolts. Thanks Greg.
I have been a mechanic since I was twelve. My dad had a repair shop and I started in the summer and after school. I can verify that car manufacturers don’t care after they build it. And sometimes it’s a pain. But for your question the bold for the tensioner pulley is counter clockwise as is the tensioner itself. Just get a big pry bar and a quality torx bit (don’t use a cheap bit as it can round out the bold head). Use a mac or snap on or cornwell but a quality tool. I hope that helps.
