[s-cars] Crank gear key

[Wylie Bean]

Good advice as usual Pete.

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
08 Q7 3.6
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net>

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:38:31 
To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Cc: <racingiron at comcast.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Crank gear key


Wylie:

You might want to ask the list in the future if 
you could rent or borrow the tool from a fellow 
lister and pay for two way shipping...

I've done the same for a bunch of the 20v and 200q listers in the past....


-Peter


At 04:16 PM 6/14/2009 +0000, Wylie Bean wrote:
>I was standing there with him when he was doing 
>it. Do you have the correct tool for the AAN? He 
>doesn't ... He's only the one for the other 5 
>cyl cars, although he has 20 yrs experience and 
>is a factory trained Porsche and Audi Master 
>tech.  He used an impact wrench only after we 
>couldn't figure out a way to make the other tool 
>work, but I'm betting it was already gone.
>I need to buy the tool I guess.   They're awfully expensive tho.
>
>Wylie Bean
>TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>90 cq
>91 90q20v
>92 UrS4
>08 Q7 3.6
>Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: racingiron at comcast.net
>
>Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:54:17
>To: <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
>Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Crank gear key
>
>
>I had a new gear on hand when I did the belt on 
>my '92 a few weeks ago. Sure enough, I found a 
>broken key. I did try removal of the bolt with 
>my IR impact gun at one point (with the crank 
>lock installed), but the bolt didn't budge. It 
>only started to move when using the 2079, 3/4" 
>drive breaker, every inch of a 6' cheater, and lots of effort.
>
>The thing that makes me think the key was 
>already broken is that the timing marks appeared 
>to be ~1/2 tooth off on the cam originally, and 
>are almost perfect with the new belt and pulley. 
>The old belt wasn't loose or worn (7 years old, 
>but less than 30K miles). I can't be sure, but 
>the car seems to run a bit better now (that 
>might also be due to the new *functional* 
>thermostat). I'm familiar with the shop that the 
>PO had do the previous belt change, and I 
>wouldn't be surprised if they just blasted the bolt on with a gun.
>
>Eric R.
>'86 urq
>'92 urS
>'93 urS
>
>
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-Peter Schulz
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1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)