'86 4kq timing belt done and tips

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <34CABF38.5AB5@ix.netcom.com> Wolff writes:

>     I'm glad I waited and did this job myself rather than paying a
> mechanic to do it. I was able to pay attention to details that were
> obviously missed last time. For example, I undid the harmonic balancer
> bolt with one hand. Can anyone else do this with a 2 foot breaker bar?

FWIW - the UK Club Newsletter printed an incorrect torque for this boly.  Simon 
Gilmore, who writes the "Technical Toolbolt" feature, recommended 130 lb ft and 
commented that a little more wouldn't hurt "because they sometimes come 
loose".  I tried to get our editor to print the correct 332 lb ft as a 
correction, but it never happened.

> Obviously it was not torqued properly by the last mechanic. I found that
> the alternator belt is the wrong size (too narrow). No wonder it squeeks
> even though the tension is good. The idler pulley had some freeplay and
> so I changed it. The mechanic I almost went to told me he has never had
> to change one of those, so I'm sure he wouldn't have.

The microfiche says it should be changed routinely with a belt change.

> A few tips for the driveway mechanic like me:
> 	Get a small step stool (1 foot high) to sit on while working on the
> front of the car. Makes it more comfortable to work on the medium low
> stuff.

I prefer to put the front of the car on a couple of 4 tonne truck ramps.  It 
lifts it almost 9", making for a lot less bending.

> 	The fingers of 2084 tool do not have to engage around the front motor
> mount. Place the swinging end of it on top of the motor mount when
> removing the balancer nut, and underneath when tightening. 

And _pray_ it doesn't slip - because if it does your engine might well be 
wrecked.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club