Howdy all,

Hate to put urgent on there like it matters, but I am in quite a damn bind to get this done and I can't for the hell of me figure out how to get the pulley right in front of the tensioner off.

I don't have a picture, but it's the pulley with the inverse bell housing and three 13mm hex bolts inside of it. I have tried a strap wrench, wedging and old book in there, wrapping it with leather straps and trying to keep it from slipping with my own strength, and nothing I've tried keeps the wheel firm enough to break the bolts loose.

Obviously loosening while the belt was tensioned would have been optimal, but of course the whole reason I'm doing this is because the tensioner broke and there wouldn't have been enough tension anyway.

Please guys, any advice you've got on how to get this damn pulley off would be a life-saver.