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I had no idea that nut was behind there in the first place. THANK YOU! UPDATE: I called a mobile mechanic and he helped me drop the motor enough to replace the whole tensioner pulley mechanism... This was a success. I also replaced the idler pulley (super simple just do it anyway if replacing tensioner pulley.) and alternator which I was doing in the first place anyway. and new belt. We had to unbolt motor mount. on belt side. we also had to unmount Bottom undercarriage brace(forget name of part) too. so motor would drop a little more for access. we tried raising the motor and lowering. and raising and lowering several times. The majority of the problem is accessing the tensioner pulley to remove and replace. Thank you for your input and time and consideration on my problem!

3.5L V6 2 wheel drive roughly 190,000 mi. I was trying to loosen belt to remove alternator. from underneath car I loosened what I thought was the tensioner pulley to loosen belt. Now I'm stuck with the pulley off the tensioner mechanism. and the bolt will not go back in the hole to put pulley back on tensioner mechanism. (I believe the whole Tensioner mechanism is broken) Im replacing alternator and belt I might have to buy tension pulley mechanism and idler pulley. any productive input is appreciated. Thank you!!!

hey. Ive had my Dodge Journey now for going on 2 years. ive replaced brakes tires wheel bearing battery. and was fine for awhile. (BESIDES ALL OF THE RANDOM ONE TIME ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT MAY HAPPEN ONCE AND THEN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN). So one morning I went to start my car and it started fine. As I was walking my wife outside to the car to leave, we noticed the vehicle was dead. After charging the battery, the car ran fine the next day and for about a month until this week. My wife came home from work. the car was now making permanent squeal noise along with battery light in dash. She shut off the car when she came home. I went to start it and it would not start. I checked oil. bone dry. wheewww. Added oil. charged battery. the car started fine again. I took volt meter to battery after charging. 12.85v. during start 11.3. and after start only ran 12.6 or so. The car was not charging. I hurried to auto zone and bought an alternator and serp. belt. during the process of removing alternator, I went to loosen tensioner pulley and it would not move. I turned counter clockwise (which is what my hours of research before lead me to believe). The pulley bolt came lose and came out and now I can not screw pulley bolt back on to tensioner. I believe my tensioner arm is STUCK causing my serpentine belt to be tighter than it should. which put stress on my alt. bearing eventually ruining it. my belt has been making a sound for awhile, but the day my wife went to work it was a higher pitched squeal and permanent throughout rpms. please help!!! my family has one car. I can provide pictures if necessary!