How do you put on a serpentine belt on a 1996 Chrysler Town and Country?

Answer 1

This is actually fairly easy. You need a long 14mm wrench, or a socket on a long breakerbar handle. The tensioner is on the passenger side, near the rear, under the alternator. Get the wrench on the bolt at an angle where you have some leverage, and just pull back (toward the front of the vehicle) on it. While holding it back, slip the belt off. The new belt goes on same way. There should be a diagram of the belt routing inside the engine compartment. Route the belt around all the pulleys and idlers except the tensioner, haul back on the wrench to take slack off tensioner and just slip the belt over it. I have replaced one of these belts at night in the pouring rain, so you can see it is not really difficult. Routing is the hardest, just make sure you know how the old one came off, or look at the pulley diagram. Since the belts are grooved on the inside, you can see which pulley they go on by looking at that. Hope this helps. AJ