Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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when its all timed up and you put the bottom crank back on, my mate got me to hold one cam with a spanner so it didnt spin... is that the correct way of doing it ?
Im starting to feel a bit of motivation to fix it 
please help thanks
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scottc1088
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Registered: 7th Mar 05
Location: Chesterfield Drives: Corsa Gsi, Cbr600
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bottom pulley?
i just put the car in gear with the handbrake on or get a mate to press the brake then tighten it, thats when i did it at home
at work i had a impact gun so just used that
[Edited on 16-08-2006 by scottc1088]
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Rob B
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ok so its possible the belt has slipped if my mate just got me to hold a cam which is what he did...
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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thats how you stop the cam turning when you do it up, as long as its torqued up correctly its ok
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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you should fit the belt with the lines marked up, tension up the nensioner to the correct setting, rotate the engine 4-5 times by hand, slacken the tensioner and reset the pointer to the 'new belt' position on the tensioner backplate.
rotate the engine 3-4 times by hand again, check timing marks are aligned and tensioner is set correctly again.
job done
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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you should over-set the tensioner to compensate for the beltslackening up in a couple hundred miles........
yes, hold 1 pully bolt (usually inlet) with spanner to stop it springing round....
dont worry with torquing bottom pully....fkin tight has always worked well for me
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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yes, the 'new belt' marking is to allow for stretch in the belt.
not tourqeing (sp) the bottom pulley to the reccomended torque then angle tightening it isnt advisable. its takes 5 mins extra to do properly and can save your engine from smashing to bits!
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