the saga continues(pretty pictures, even)

[Mihnea Cotet]

AFAIK and IIRC, the official factory manual recommends
to remove the harmonic balancer and t-belt gear
together, I can even remember the drawing where they
show how to put it back together.

Just my 0.02 worth of 2 different 20vt t-belt
replacements,


Mihnea


--- Mike Sylvester <mike.sylvester at att.net> wrote:
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> Is there a reason to seperate the t-belt gear from
> the balancer?  I've done quite a few of t-belts (on
> 10v and 20v) and have never separated the two.
> It is possible that your "ex-mechanic" never
> separated them either and the loctite was from the
> factory.
>
> Mike Sylvester
>
>
> Brett wrote:
>
> ....Word to the wise- be CAREFUL with the crank
> pulley if yours gets
> stuck on.  It is a special order, $40+ part(!), and
> if your last
> mechanic was stupid enough to slather locktite all
> over the thing(my
> ex mechanic was; note the use of the word "ex"; as I
> said to the
> guys, "What the HELL did he do that for?  It's
> keyed.  It's trapped
> in place by the -other- pulley.  Was it -going-
> somewhere?
> Noooooo!"), it WILL break if you try and get it off.
>
> Hope you're all payin' attention, because this is
> known as "the money shot":
>
>
http://frank.mercea.net/~brett/pics/car/audi/tbelt/crank_gear.jpg
>
> That's -after- it was heavily bead-blasted, which is
> why you can't
> see green goo all over the inside.  You can still
> see remnants of the
> loctite on the inside surface; the area hidden to
> the camera is even
> worse.....
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