Hey all,

Been working all afternoon on my Ram Van. Thermostat decided to stick open and as I found out one side on the bottom had broken off. Explains the sudden-ness of it.

Anyway I had to take a lot off down to the main A/C bracket. I put everything back as it should and now the belt is too tight even without the tensioner in the equation.

The belt was on the ground under the van but may have had some sunlight.

Is it possible for the belt to physically shrink? I have the routing right as shown on the sticker on the shroud. I put it on the alt, idler, A/C, and PS pulleys and its aligned. But it only wraps halfway around the crank pulley. Tried to spin the crank but its not far enough to catch and stretch.

So, whats going on here?

This is the last thing other than the computer to go back on before I fill the system.