2016 Serpentine will not go on!!!!

[Stephen leblanc]

Have a 2011 Ram with a 2016 engine. Recently changed Ac clutch pully because it failed and broke the belt. Tried for about an hour and a half and no way I can slide it on. Looks to be about a 1/2 inch left to go and I am boggled. Cross referenced the 2016 diagrams and checked many sites on sizes and cannot for the life of me figure it out. Has anybody been stumped like this? Is there a possibility that something got bent or thrown off kilter when the belt snapped. I snapped the tensioner pully right off in the process of trying to put the bet on. Luckily I have the old 2011 engine with a spare.

 

[crash68]

Guessing the belt size is incorrect. The 2011 and 2016 use different size belts. Although the 2011 one is actually longer than the 2016. I'm guessing some of the accessories were swapped between the two engines?

 

[tidefan1967]

Take it to the auto parts store and compare it to what they say fits or even measure the old belt and compare it to the new one and see if they are the same.

 

[VelocityC6Z]

Maybe you were given a belt that had different/less accessories?

Not sure why it won't fit either. Maybe somebody messed up and the wrong pulley got stuffed in the wrong box.

Measure your old one, and make sure the one at the auto parts store is the same size.

I'm also pretty sure this isn't an audio or electronic topic, or at least better suited for the engine topic lol

 

[Stephen leblanc]

Update. Had to buy a 2011 belt for my 2016 engine. Turns out that when I swap my power steering and Ac compressor from the 2011 to the 2016, the 2011 belt fits perfectly

 

[VelocityC6Z]

Ahhh accessories. Glad you got it solved!