Chrysler Repair: 1995 le barron conv. 3.0, auto, serpentine belt, crankshaft pulley, alternator pulley


Question
Can you send me a diagram of routing of the serpentine belt around pulleys. Mine is missing so if you can make me one or send me details it would be a great help           Thanks

Answer
Hi Frank,
I don't have a scanner, but last month another owner of the 3.0 V6 asked the same question so here is what I wrote:
"Starting at the alternator pulley and going clockwise around the path of the belt, the belt drops down and forward and goes under the idler pulley, continues forward and less steeply downward and goes around the crankshaft pulley clockwise, rises rearward going over the top or the tensioner pulley counterclockwise, then drops down and around the power steering pump clockwise and rises to go around the alternator pulley clockise (which is where I started the description). To loosen the tension to remove the belt, or to give you slack to install the belt without having to force it over a pulley while under tension you rotate the tensioner pulley arm around its pivot clockwise according to the '94 shop manual. It doesn't show by what means to effect this rotation, but in the earlier manual I have ('89) it shows there to be a 1/2" square hole in the tensioner arm into which you insert a breaker bar with a 1/2" square drive which gives you the temporary lever to rotate the tensioner against its spring action. I assume there is a similar 1/2" square hole on the '94 you are working with. Interestingly, between '89 and '94 the idler pulley was added, and the required rotation of the tension arm changed from counterclockwise to clockwise to relieve the tension. Go figure! I hope this is helpful, a picture is worth 170 words! but unfortunately I don't have a scanner."
I looked again at the '94 shop manual to verify that what I has written was accurate so I think this will help you get the belt on.
Roland