An after the repair question

[Iceman]

Hi,
First off, thanks for the replies, the car is back on the road where it belongs. I posted last Friday about the serpentine belt tentioning spring breaking and I would like some opinions on my fix.
Well, first off, I could not disconnect the bottom of the spring, I ended up using my drimil tool and cut it. Had to wait till monday for the replacement to get to the dealer. That night I had a fun time installing the spring, NOT.
The original spring hooked to the bottom support from the block out. No matter how I twisted and turned the spring hook, I could not get to go on like the original. I ended up turning the hook around and putting it on facing the block.
Once I started pulling up on the spring it applied tention to the belt and it was only with much effort that I finially extended it enough to hook over the top support.
So two questions;
1. Is it a hazard not to have hooked the spring up in the same manner as it was originally?
2. Is there a way to release some of the tention so that hooking the top of the spring is not such a problem?
Like I said, it's on and the car runs just fine, I'm just asking in case something like this happens again and I need to work on it again.
Thanks,
Glen