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I should have put a smily after my response , nothing wrong with being precise and I took your response the way it was intended :smile:
If I ask another tech question in the future, please feel free to be pedantic about an accurate response, good advise stops sh1t happening :wink:
I have covered this in a larger post but just wanted to share as an individual thread.
I have just changed the engine mounts on my 58,000 mile 172 Cup and can say that it has made an amazing difference to the way the car drives. Clutch engagement is so much smoother, gear changes are tight, the...
Thanks to some excellent people on this forum who gave me some pointers on the above task, I successfully completed the following tasks last wekend;
New cambelt
New dephaser
New pulleys & tensioner
New waterpump
New camshaft seals
New auxiliary belt
Port matched inlet & plenum
New engine mounts...
Well time for an update.
Its clear now why I was so convinced that the crankshaft pulley was on a keyway. It was an absolute b**ch to initially get it turning and then to remove it from the crankshaft so that I could clean it up.
After seeing the images above of a home made tool for crankshaft...
Perfect, thanks again at least I know where I misunderstood the instructions now. I'm sure that my pulley is rusted on, I can now finish the job with confidence
ads29, bloke, Imprezzaworks, 105e, James Bryan, thanks so much for taking the time to come back to me on this, its really appreciated .
Looks like I made an assumption that the crankpulley had a keyway on it, I thought that I had checked it but clearly I didnt - what a tool.
I have done all the...
This is clearly where my problem is. I had better recheck.
With the auxiliary accessories pulley bolt and pulley removed and the crankshaft locked with the pin, I was pretty sure that I couldnt turn the three pulleys, maybe I just need to try harder.
Out of interest how do you rotate the engine...
Thnaks for coming back to me again , as in my reply to Ads29 I wouldnt turn the engine over without the pulleys locked up, but before I tension the belt I would just liketo understand how the timing belt can be rotated to even out the tension in the belt when it is connected to the crank pully...
Thanks for your reply , this is still the part that does mot make sense, the crankshaft pulley is on a keyway so how can the crank pulley rotate with the cam pulleys to even out the belt tension?
I understand everything else about the process and have done these procedures correctly, I'm just...
Cheers for the reply, yea, did the tension before tightening the pulleys, is the part about rotating the engine with the pulleys not tightened up incorrect? Thats the part I dont get.
Also If I want to reset the tension on the tension pulley, can You tell me what I do to reset it, as I know you...
Hi there,
I'm looking for some advise from a tech savvy person on timing belt change.
I set about this job after studying the workshop manual and the excellent guide on this forum.
One area I just dont understand is where everyone says " after putting the new timing belt on, make sure the pulley...
Brilliant, thanks very much. I'm embarrased that I couldnt find this, exactly what I was looking for.
I knew that anything that I was looking for would have been requested and posted many times before,
Cheers
I had a good look, but have been unable to find it, I tried the search feature but didnt get a definitive guide.
Clearly I'm being inept, maybe I shouldnt do the belts after all......If anyone feels sorry for me and can locate the guide that would be great.
Hello,
I have just joined this forum after taking a short break from my Clio Williams restoration.
I have a recently acquired 172 Cup which I have been going through to make sure that everything is A1, the next job that I need to do is the cambelt & Dephaser. I can borrow a gen Ren tool set for...