I found a diagram for changing the serpentine belt here on the forums, and I bought a new gates serpentine belt. However, I do not have a breaker bar or a suitable long tube that I can use as one. I was wondering if I could just use a torque wrench (it's got quite a long handle) instead of a breaker bar?

 

I just tested it and lo and behold, it turns out that my torque wrench is long enough for the job.

 

Yes that will work.

 

Yeah, it worked. Got it changed in under 20 minutes. Quite possibly one of the easiest jobs I've done on the car.

 

I suppose the answer would have been yes if it is strong enough (and fits) and clearly it was

 

This is a photo of me using a torque wrench. It can be done!!

Link http://www.jagrepair.com/images/Auto...WaterPump4.jpg