You can relieve the tension on your 1994 Mitsubishi Gallant belt by loosening the tensioner pulley. The tensioner pulley can be loosened by turning the retaining bolt to the left.
The belt tensioner for a 94 Cavalier is mounted on the front of the engine. The tensioner is spring loaded on an arm to keep the belt tight.
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# Install belt on to all pulleys except belt tensioner # Using the extension insert it into the belt tensioner and push away from you.Carefully install the ribbed belt on the tensioner and slowly allow the extension to move toward you as tension is placed on the belt # Remove extension from belt tensioner and inspect the belt to be sure it is seated correctly on all the pulleys if not remove belt and reinstall
by placing a wrench on the tensioner pulley, and turning.
if you just want to change the belt put 1/4" drive extension into the tensioner to release belt,then you need to take tensioner off...2 10mm bolts...remove tensioner & slip belt off...you may have to remove air ductwork for access
what confuses most is the way the belt loops around the tensioner, the belt goes around the steering pump and crankshaft pulley, under the idler pulley, under the belt tensioner pulley and finally with the tensioner compressed around the alternator. the idler and belt tensioner wheels both get the flat backside of the belt. use your imagination. if you have too much slack, which is the route that will use up the most belt?? the 94' and 95' Chrysler Lebaron are fairly the same in serpentine belt order, although you may find a variation or two. The diagram is as thus... http://darkada.com/pages/serpentine.html Sorry about the link, but wikianswers does not support images
If it's like the 94 there is a diagram on cover plate for over the fan. The tensioner is in the back and should be loosened to remove the belt.
There should be a routing diagram under the hood of the car or in your owners manual, to get the belt off you need to pull or push the belt tensioner with a wrench or a rachet to take the tension off the belt so it will come off and once off the new belt installs like the diagram shows and once in place you release the belt tensioner against the belt to tighten it up.
It is really simple. First you remove the belt by using the correct tool whether it is a certain sized wrench or a socket wrench. Then you unbolt the tensioner from the engine. There is usually only one bolt that holds the tensioner to the engine. Instalation is the reverse of removal.
I do not know. All that I know is that You loosen the bolt and then it should turn but doesn't. Please someone tell us how you are suppose to get it rotated?
I would suspect that the belt tensioner is weak. If there are a lot of miles on the car I would replace it. I hope this helps you. Mark
It's probably the drive belt and they tend to make noise when they are getting stretched. You can either try tightening it, if it is able to be and not have a tensioner assy, or replace the belt.