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| PITA timing belt; 2hr war attempting to reinstall timeing belt after rebuilt | |
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| 490k | Oct 30 2013, 11:05 AM Post #16 |
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Just because I'm doing a belt/waterpump too.... Start it like this, then use the butt of a hammer handle (or similar) to tap it on. ![]() Snug up the tensioner without the adjustment lock stud, this gives a little more clearance.
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| clarkdw | Oct 30 2013, 11:16 AM Post #17 |
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The verts, all of them, came from the factory with square teeth on the belt. If you have the stamped steel cam sprocket and four bolts on the crank sprocket then it is original and takes the square toothed belt. If the sprockets have been changed then you should have a five bolt crank sprocket and a spoked steel cam sprocket. That combination takes the round tooth belt. This combination was only found on cars built from May 93 till the end of the 95 model year. 96+ (Any OBDII car came with a wider version of the spoked cam sprocket with the five bolt crank sprocket, also wider, and used a 1" wide round tooth belt. |
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| turbogts22 | Oct 30 2013, 11:38 AM Post #18 |
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Dean
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I had to go one step further and remove the metal tang from the tensioner bracket. That allowed for even more movement and slack. |
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| 490k | Oct 30 2013, 01:02 PM Post #19 |
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Yeah, the Gates belts I almost could do that. This is some belt from Rock Auto, forget the brand, went on tight, but not as bad as Gates. |
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