[Vwdiesel] Anyone know how to use the VW210 TB tension gauge?

[The President]

Thanks for the advice, but over here there's an entrance fee just to talk to 
the people at the stealership. I'd also have to wait a long time before they 
were servicing anything A2/B2...

I'm not a fisherman either... but my extensive tool range which includes a 
fishermans scale does not run to a VW210; which would cost 10x what I paid 
for the car... Being as this is a forum for helping people as well as being 
helped; I thought the knowledge of the official scale converted into a 
figure of so many lb per cm [1/2"] deflection would benefit those who panic 
when tensioning their timing belts and who damage their I/P's by 
over-tensioning their belts...

Mark

PS The Missus last week invested in an all singing all dancing electronic 
fisherman's scale which she uses to weigh our racing ferrets!


>From: Kneale Brownson <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
>To: The President <quantum-man at hotmail.co.uk>, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Anyone know how to use the VW210 TB tension gauge?
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:29:18 -0700 (PDT)
>
>If I were a fisherman, I might posess a fish scale.  Instead, I'm a vehicle 
>maintenance hobbyist who owns a VW210 without knowing how to use it.  Maybe 
>you should take your scale down to the VW shop and try testing a few timing 
>belts?
>
>The President <quantum-man at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi Neale
>When you figure out how to use the gauge; please, please check the final
>tension with a fisherman's spring balance to see what the correct tension 
>is
>in lbs :o)
>Thanks
>Mark
>
> >From: Kneale Brownson
> >To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> >Subject: [Vwdiesel] Anyone know how to use the VW210 TB tension gauge?
> >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:13:37 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Anybody have step-by-step directions for using the diesel timing belt
> >tension gauge VW210? You can see one at
> >http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/84722362
> >
> > I understand that the belt goes between the fingers on the base of the
> >tool and the spring-loaded plunger that sticks out of the barrel with the
> >numbers on it.
> >
> > The Bentley says I need a measurement of "12-13 index marks". How do I
> >achieve that measurement? Where do I start? Are "index marks" the white
> >numbers on the barrel or the black numbers on the handle?
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