A couple timing belt R&R tips

[Hayes Myers]

My mechanic told me many people mess up the tensioner application...it  has
to be pretensioned (if i remember correctly) or it ends up being useless and
then seeing premature failure...something to that effect.  200 is a great
deal...you live near Toronto??  I paid 1k out the door for mine and was
quite happy ...other little things done along with the t-belt though...but
seemingly less than most people have been quoted. I did the timing on my 200
with lots of help from the Escarpment Audi Crew... didn't want to mess with
my A4 though.

Can you correct what i've just indicated if wrong? It was something to that
effect with regard to setting the tensioner correctly at install.

cheers.

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is regarding the 1.8t, like AMB, AWM, etc..
>
> A friend/customer just decided to do his own T-belt R&R.. Maybe he's daring
> or maybe he though $200 wasnt a good enough deal to have me do it.
> Regardless, if it wasnt for me being his personal helpline... oh nevermind
> I
> dont mean to gripe, im posting to be helpful.
>
> other minor issues happen but the main sticking points that would be good
> to
> type for helping others in the future are broken down concisely as possible
> to these two..
>
> One: When threading the belt over the pulleys' etc. I find it appropriate
> to, set the Camshaft 1/2 tooth clockwise of the timing mark and the
> Crankshaft 1/2 tooth counter-clockwise of the timing mark(s). I also,
> before
> removing the original belt, when everything is TDC, place 3 paint marks
> from
> the crank gear *teeth to the plate* holding the front main seal, for
> reference..  By having the teeth slightly off as described above, *when
> tension gets set*, timing is brought together perfect.
>
> Two: Install the hydraulic tensioner AFTER the belt is installed..
> Otherwise
> youre likely to be a frustrated mess that hopefully has a good friend to
> calm you down...  Hold tension on the belt, while placing the tensioner.
> once in place you should be able to hold the tensioner alone while you get
> the bolts started. By that time everything should be smooth sailing.
>
> HTH someone!
>
> -Brian
>
>
>
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