i have a 6 cylinder 95 t4r with a 3VZ-E engine that needed new belts. i changed my belts yesterday and everything was going smoothly. then when it came time to put on the alternator belt i couldnt get the belt tight enough. every time a start the car you can hear a flapping noise so i know its not tight enough. i cant get any leverage on the alternator with the belt on the pulley with my hands, and ive tried a crowbar also and thats not working either. i've also tried to stretch the belt over the pulley (with my hands and other tools) after i've tightened it down and that didnt work either because the belt is non-elastic. ive also tried to come from underneath with the belt on the pulley and use a jack to raise the alternator up so to make it tight, but it still makes a flapping noise when i start it up. so how would i go about this to get the belt taut?

Did you figure it out yet? Care to share? I need to do belts at some point and I'm not really looking forward to having to guess at it for six years.

You're asking a question about a topic that was posted over 16 years ago, and the OP also hasn't been back on the forum in 16 years either, he isn't going to reply to your question.

I would suggest if you don't know how and or not confident in your ability to properly replace your belts yourself that you get someone who is confident to either help you or pay them to do it for you.

And I would insist that you shove that attitude up your ass.

I don't have an attitude, but it appears by your above statement that you certainly do responding in that fashion to someone simply trying to give you some good advice!

That being said have fun working on your ride, hope everything turns out well for you.