If there's a way to make it harder to tighten the belts on a 2002 Civic EX Sedan, we should give that engineer a creativity prize.
The anchor bolts for the AC and alternator aren't too bad, but you have to get at them through the wheel well. It's the adjuster that's the pain. It's a wing-bolt. And it's just barely reachable from any place you can think of attacking it from, with no tool clearance at all once it decides to bind up past finger tight, but well before proper belt tension.
Good thing I am double jointed, huh?
Half turn with my 9" long needle nose pliers from the top, reaching in behind the radiator. Then half turn with thumb and forefinger of my right hand bent around the core support from the wheel well... Unglaublich!
The power steering pump is a little better, but there's one anchor bolt that's tight between the belt and the strut tower. You can just barely get a 12mm 1/4 drive on a swivel in there. The wing bolt on this adjuster is right on top so there's no problem getting a pair of pliers on it.
At any rate it's done!
I should have tightened them a couple of hundred miles after I replaced them when I did the timing belt. They went more than a year without squealing, so I guess I shouldn't complain too loud.
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