77 240D removing york compressor?

[sleepstar]

friend has a 240D with an alternator with a problem. the mounting bracket is bent somehow and the star bolt is no longer working so i need to get at it, but the york compressor is in the way.
the FSM says to remove the compressor the entire bracket has to come off, but that procedure seems crappy to say the least. i only had a chance to glance at it last night, can the compressor be motivated to come off some other way? its not working so brute force would be somewhat of an option...