clio 172 cambelt

[slam-jam]

can ne 1 point me in the direction of changing my cambelt, i wanna have ago at doin it myself!?
cheers

 

[-J-]

Where are you? Be much better off getting one of the specialists to do it.

 

[sbridgey]

Erm its a difficult job, by all means you can try it yourself but you need expensive locking tools and are more than likely to f**k it up which will cost you in excess of £1000 to fix.

 

[slam-jam]

in swansea, wales, ive bought the cambelt kit n the loocking kit,i jus need 2kno wat 2 do soidnt f*** it up lol!

 

[MicKPM]

Its not difficult but you do need to fully understand the process and have the correct tools or else it will go wrong for you.

 

[slam-jam]

im not a newbe lol, do have sum knoledge of wrkin on cars! where can i get the info ffrom mate? cheers

 

[MicKPM]

What tools have you bought for this job?

 

[slam-jam]

ive got the halfords 150 peice set, got the flywheel locking pin, hourseshoe to lock the cams andanthoer pin 4 the pulley!

 

[MicKPM]

There are build manuals floating around the net or you can buy a copy from eBay but i urge you to read it several times before lifting a finger until you understand what it is you are doing. Tool wise, how do you plan to achieve the 30nm + 84deg, 40nm + 110deg and 100nm that the various sprockets need to be fixed at with the Halfords set? The fixings are all stretch types so under-tighten and they slip. Over-tighten and they fatigue, stretch and slip. You may be a dab hand with the spanners on other cars but get an F4R wrong and it will bite you to the tune of £900-1200.

 

[slam-jam]

ok, thats y i wnat sum info lol look like ill have 2 get afew mre bits 1st neways, ive got th manuel of ebay b4,ill take alook at it!imassuming they r 4 the idler pulley's nd the tensioner? thanx man 4 ur help so far, how much time do i need2 set aside? i havent got aircon nemre,went 4 the cup setup instead so taht sould cut out sumwaseted time right?