How do you go about changing an alternator belt on a 92 civic?

Be PatientI'm now working on my son's 1995 Honda Civic LX with a 1.5L Engine 4-door LX model. (I understand that Civic 92-95 are the same) His alternator belt broke so I figured it would be a good father-son first car learning experience for him and a simple task for me. (wrong...).

Since the alternator belt is the closest to the engine of the three belts on the crackshaft pulley, I started by removing the Power Steering pump belt since it is the furthest away. Loosen the pivot pulley at the bottom, then the adjusting pulley at the top. The wing nut screw at the top can then be removed and the belt will come loose. That is where simple ends.

To be able to see anything from the top, remove all the bolts from of the power steering pump and move it out of the way. One can then clearly see the tensioner pulley in between the crackshaft pulley and the A/C clutch pulley.

We removed the driver's side tire and plastic wheel well to see the pulleys and belts more clearly. From underneath the wheel well is also how we first located the A/C tensioner pulley adjusting screw, which adjusts from the top IF YOU CAN FIND IT.

This screw is a 10mm hex head screw which is between the engine and the back of the the A/C tensioner pulley. (Get your Mag-lite out) You'll need a few extension bars on your ratchet to reach it. When you start loosening the adjusting screw, if you are lucky, it will loosen the belt and the pulley will move lower. In our case, since corrosion and dirt were everywhere, we took some WD-40 and Blaster (top and bottom) and hardly loosened it up. We had to pound on the top of the extensions with the 10mm socket connected to get the pulley to move down and fully loosen the belt.

Here is the best part.....When you go to remove the A/C belt, the motor mount prevents the belt from coming out. Yes!... you have to remove the outer nut on the motor mount by starting with a 19mm socket, followed by a deep well 14 mm socket to remove the steel bar that goes through the middle of the motor mount rubber (we don't have a deep well 14mm so I might unbolt the whole motor mount and slide the belts through.

We stopped for the night at this point, but the rest should be simple once the motor mount is out of the way. We will be changing all the belts.