taking off the a/c belt...
 

I have a 1994 940 Turbo wagon--the alternator belt broke. I am trying to remove the a/c belt so that I can get the alternator belt onto the camshaft. How can I get the belt off? People tell me to use a flathead screwdriver to jump the belt over the pulley, but they don't tell me HOW to use the screwdriver to do this...HELP!!

You have to loosen the larger bolt under the alternator bracket and then loosen the small bolt that runs thru the nut behind the larger bolt in order to reduce tension.

Are you referring to the "pivot bolt" as the small bolt and the adjusting bolt as the larger bolt?

I have tried loosening the bolts that hold the alternator, and I did not see any difference in the tension on the A/C belt...

It is the bolt under the alternator not the long bolts left of the alternator that go thru rubber bushings and have a nut on the other end.

And loosening this bolt will loosen the tension on the A/C belt?

They both use almost the same method. I am going to go to my car and double check, hold on.

Yes, they use the same method. On the alternator it is located beneath it and on the A/C compressor it is located above it. Hope this helps. Sorry for my prior confusion.

I'll give it a go in a bit and see what happens...thanks for talking with me!

Got it done. Loosened the bolt directly under the alternator; loosened the bolt that was in the slide bracket just above the a/c compressor; removed the a/c belt by wedging a small screwdriver under the a/c belt at the camshaft pulley; turned the camshaft bolt CCW and pried the belt over the top of the camshaft pulley; when that came off, I loosened the pivot bolt on the alternator and moved the set screw CW to get the alternator low enough to get the belt ALMOST on; put belt over top of alternator pulley and use screwdriver to get it back into the groove (turning pulley CW); turned set screw on alternator CW to get the tension right; a/c belt went on in the exact same way it came off (CCW over the top of the pulley)...