There isn't any way to run it backward. Is supposed to suck the air through the radiator and blow it against the motor. Maybe they meant backwards by the spline on the belt is facing up

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That's what I'm thinking, too.

 

If it was fitted splines up it works have lasted about five minutes.....and you would have to be a complete moron not to notice!

 

Post a pic.

 

dealer to customer: " somehow your belt is not installed correctly and may cause damage"
customer to dealer: "it is? I never had any problems"
dealer: "oh yes sir, this is bad but we can take care of it for you, your estimate is around 200dollars for belt and labor"

hmm, I wonder if this is what was trying to transpire?

 

They didnt want to charge you extra to change the winter air out of the tires and put summer air in too did they. Also did they check the blinker fluid and muffler bearing.

Really though. I'd ask them to show me how it was routed.

 

Its a little more technical than that ... my dealer told me that I needed a "Pollen filter" and "Oh and we charged you to replace it.." "Really?? show me where?" I replied ...silence and bright red faces all round..my car doesn't have one!!

 

No. If any of you have any engineering mindsets, you'd understand how the water pump, fan, etc can be made to run in reverse. I don't have the Jeep at the moment, but all you need to do is look at the 4.0 routing of the belt and apply it to the 4.7.

Smart *** comments not appreciated. Have you ever added a cog to a another cog wheel? Notice how the DIRECTION of the last wheel changes? Pretty simple stuff.

For example, if I run the belt OVER the A/C compressor instead of under it...guess what happens? THE DIRECTION CHANGES.

Do you get it now? Jesus.

 

4.7L

4.0L

In both cases the water pump pulley is driven on the back of the belt. The pump will not be driven backwards.

 

First off I didn't give a smart *** response. The wayy it was worded was the belt was running backwards not the accessories. As I said route it how ever you want the harmonic balance only runs one way so it would be impossible for the belt to run the opposite. And at the same time I would like to see you change the routing with the stock belt in order to reverse any accessory direction.

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If the grooves are on the grooved pulleys and the smooth on the smooth pulleys, then it won't matter how you try to route the belt, all accessories will turn the proper direction. The only way to make anything turn a different direction would be having a ribbed side on a smooth pulley or vice versa, but that's only if the ribbed side is being driven by the ribbed crank pulley. Of course if the flat side is on the ribbed crank pulley, all other points of contact will be the opposite of normal, but accessories would still turn proper direction.

So either the belt was flipped so all grooves were on smooths and all smooths were on grooves, or the dealer has completely fabricated a story or is just very very incompetent.

Edit- it is possible on some engines to route the belt differently, while still driving all accessories, but the tensioner would not be providing enough tension.

 

I'll get a picture up of this as Im curious if they did the " inside out" belt thing. I can see the routing is wrong, but not exactly why it was done that way.

 

I suspect PO needed to replace the belt in an emergency type situation and could not find one the correct length and made it work with a different belt. Some folks are just that talented.