20V Timing Belt R&R

[b.benz at charter.net]

But its so easy to remove the bumper, why not?  Again, no special tools needed if you have a GOOD impact wrench. Spins the crank bolt out in 2 sec. No fighting required.

Bernie

---- Shin Hoshikawa <pl510er at comcast.net> wrote: 
> John:
> 
> You can replace the timing belt without removing a bumper or other front end
> components.
> If you have small hands, it won't be a problem, but if you do have large
> thick hands, I'm not so sure.
> 
> I've done it five times that way and the first two, I didn't even have a
> special harmonic
> balancer-pulley locking tool, so it took a while to remove the crank bolt.
> By the time I tried for
> the third time, I had the special tool and it made removing the crank bolt
> very easy.
> One thing to remember though, be sure to have a long cheater pipe for that
> extra help.  Shin
> 
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> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:10:29 -0400
> From: "John Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
> Subject: RE: Help with removing the shift lever
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> Hi,
> I am going to change my timing belt on my 91 TQ 20V. Anything I should be
> especially careful about? I've done 8V VWs and my 16V Scirocco. Does the
> front actually need to come off as described? It seems that It is possible
> to squeeze the job in.
> Thanks,
> John
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> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:35:16 -0400
> From: "Eric Huppert" <ehuppert at hvc.rr.com>
> Subject: Subject change to timing belt r&r
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> John,
> 
> I've done a bunch of these. Easiest access is to remove grill, bumper, cross
> support, etc. While I suppose you could possibly squeeze in there I wouldn't
> be comfortable not being able to really see what I'm doing. Probably only
> takes about a half hour to get everything out of the way! The time you save
> by not pulling stuff out of the way will be spent fumbling and squeezing in
> there!
> 
> Eric
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