84 4ksq Timing Belt Catastrophe...HELP!

[Tony Hoffman]

I can't hold back, although I think to some extent this is fruitless. I think what they are getting at is it isn't torqued right, and an impact is a crude way of working on a fine german machine. 
 
I have to dissagree. I'll have to say, I've done timing belts on about 200 cars, some Audi's, and some not. I've NEVER used a torque wrench, and only once had a minor problem. However, that was due to not tightening the crank pulley bolts at all on a Rabbit (ooooooops). Say what you will, but it seems to work fine. If you ocasionally work on your car, it's probably not a bad idea to use a torque wrench. However, experience gives you a feel for things like this, and a torque wrench is just "good insurance" then. 
 
Tony Hofffman

Bernie Strub <quattro at strubranch.com> wrote:
It seems you misunderstand my meaning. Once the cam sprocket, water pump
and crank pulley are assembled, with the belt setting correct alignment
between them, it doesn't matter at that point if you rotate your engine to
*any* position, as long as the relative timing stays the same. Tightening
the crank bolt with the impact may move the system a bit, but there is scant
possibility of the timing changing, if you have the belt tension set
correctly with the water pump.

Unless there is something else you are saying that I'm not getting...btw,
This has worked just fine on several MC engines I've done as well.

>>>>>Bernie


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