I had bypassed my smog pump a year and 6 months ago and to day i decided that i wanted to just take it out of there so i can loose some punds on the car. The 2 bottom bolts were not too hard to take off cause i used my hammer to hit the ratchet. But the top was a huge pain cause i hardly had space to turn the ratchet,but i finally got it out. I was wondering if my alternator still has good support and won't loosen since the smog pump was attatched to it,it seems ok but i wanna know if anyone has ever har problems after removing the smog pump.