I have positioned the belt trought the idlers and pulleys the way I think it should be. I believe there should be a tensioner that moves but can not locate it. the belt appears to be to long ,I have checked with the supplier and it is the right one. Adrawing of the belt route would be helpful.I have positioned the belt trought the idlers and pulleys the way I think it should be. I believe there should be a tensioner that moves but can not locate it. the belt appears to be to long ,I have checked with the supplier and it is the right one. Adrawing of the belt route would be helpful.
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My serpentine belt came off. I went to the library and got a chilton's book for my van and it had the diagram and instructions. My husband had the belt on in less than an hour. The only cost was the belt
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the serpentine belt routing chart, adhered to the fan shroud. This chart will show you the location of the belt tensioner.
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Pull the belt tensioner off the belt with the serpentine belt tool. Reach in with your free hand and slip the belt out of the tensioner's path and then slowly move the tensioner back into position.
You'll need a Serpentine Belt Tool and a socket set.
Rotate the Caravan's serpentine belt tensioner assembly clockwise to
relieve the tension on the belt. Slip the belt off the tensioner with
your free hand before rotating the tensioner back to its home position.
Remove the tool.
Extract the two mounting bolts that hold the serpentine belt tensioner
assembly to the Caravan's front engine cover using your socket set.
Depending on your physical size and dexterity, you may find this easier
to accomplish through the top of the engine well or through the
passenger-side wheel well.
Pull the old serpentine belt tensioner assembly out of the Caravan's
engine bay by hand. Place the new serpentine belt tensioner assembly on
the Caravan's front engine cover and bolt it in using your socket set.
Rotate the new serpentine belt tensioner assembly clockwise with the
serpentine belt tool and then place the belt on the pulley by hand.
Rotate the new serpentine belt tensioner assembly back into place.
Remove the tool and close the hood.
Get a 1/2" breaker bar and remove tension on belt by rotating the tensioner until belt is loose.
Remove belt noting the under over method.
Install new belt. The smooth pulleys have the back of the serpentine belt, and the grooved pulleys have the inside front of the serpentine belt up against it.
In this way you can reroute any serpentine belt on the market.
I have positioned the belt trought the idlers and pulleys the way I think it should be. I believe there should be a tensioner that moves but can not locate it. the belt appears to be to long ,I have checked with the supplier and it is the right one. Adrawing of the belt route would be helpful.
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