Trophy, Audi TT,
Lots of discussion on here about Cam Belt changes, Thought I would share a trick from a mate who does Cam Belts all the time.
I went round to his workshop a while ago and he has a way of doing Cam belts I have not seen before... What he does is take the cover off and starts the engine. Then, with a pencil, he draws a line on the cam belt, right in the middle, with the engine spinning.
He then takes off all the bits and pieces to get at the belt, and then uses a Stanly knife to cut the belt in half, along the line he has just drawn. bit at a time, while he turns the engine with the ratchet on the front pulley. Once the belt is in half, he cuts the first bit off, effectively leaving half a belt on the pulleys.
He then slackens the tensioner off and feeds the new belt on until it butts up against the old half a belt. he then cuts the old belt off and feeds the new belt fully on!
I watched him do it on a Peugeot HDI diesel which he was doing. He says he does it this way all the time as it saves having to time the engine up and makes the job a lot quicker and safer as he knows everything is timed correctly (assuming it was in the first place!!) . In fact he now has a neat little guide which fits over the cam belt with a slot in it, so he can cut the belts down the middle a bit quicker!
I have not done it this way on the 182 yet but it may be worth a try?
I went round to his workshop a while ago and he has a way of doing Cam belts I have not seen before... What he does is take the cover off and starts the engine. Then, with a pencil, he draws a line on the cam belt, right in the middle, with the engine spinning.
He then takes off all the bits and pieces to get at the belt, and then uses a Stanly knife to cut the belt in half, along the line he has just drawn. bit at a time, while he turns the engine with the ratchet on the front pulley. Once the belt is in half, he cuts the first bit off, effectively leaving half a belt on the pulleys.
He then slackens the tensioner off and feeds the new belt on until it butts up against the old half a belt. he then cuts the old belt off and feeds the new belt fully on!
I watched him do it on a Peugeot HDI diesel which he was doing. He says he does it this way all the time as it saves having to time the engine up and makes the job a lot quicker and safer as he knows everything is timed correctly (assuming it was in the first place!!) . In fact he now has a neat little guide which fits over the cam belt with a slot in it, so he can cut the belts down the middle a bit quicker!
I have not done it this way on the 182 yet but it may be worth a try?
