I have a 1998 Town and Country 3.8 and need to replace the belt tensioner. I have never had an issue replacing one before until now with this van. I have removed the belt and the pulley from the tensioner, I located 3 bolts and removed them...I cant see or feel any other bolts. The tensioner will not come off..what am I missing...when I get stuck my dad usually helps me out but he is suffering the reactiions to chemo, so he cant ...any help would be greatly appreciated, its my only vehicle and I need to get it back on the road.. Thanks..

 

there is only one bolt that holds the tensioner onto the bracket and U will need to be under the van inorder to get to it from behind look at the new tensioner and U will see it.

 

Thanks for the info... I usually do look at the new part, however, I wanted to get the tensioner off last nite so that when I got the new one I could just put it in, I have to drive over an hour today to take my son to the doctor...Well Ill have to finish it up when I get home, get to drive a 1991 geo metro yee haw ... lol

ps...do you have any pics of where the bolt is located, maybe i can get my other son to work on it while im gone...(nothing wrong with wishing..lol)

 

no pics just jack up the front craw under it use a flash light use a swivel 13mm socket and long extensions to get to it.