My former car a chrysler voyager had problems keeping the fanbelt tight enough,and my car now dodge voyager had a stuck spring so putting the fanbelt on i bendt the main axel..for people with old versions of theese cars it might be a solution to do what i did since its an insanity to reach the bolts and remove the original assembly:
i put a jack under the assembly with a piece of wood between,broke the assembly main bolt of and with some simple metal pieces laying around the garage i made a new assembly in under 2 hours that can be easily attached by just drilling 2 holes in the bracket under the servofluidtank,then after just adding longer bolts to the tank and putting it back...backdraw is that it will be a manual tentioner,but it can be ajusted up or down,and the angel of the fanwheel can altso be ajusted ..altso it takes me now 2 minutes to remove the whole assembly and makes it way easier to put on the belt alone..by adding a small metall angel with a hole in it to the top of it,and attaching a metalspring between that and the wheel housing it can be made semiautomatic in that u just loosen the main bolt in the drawing and the spring tightens the belt,and u just fasten it again..
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 AT 10:58 AM