Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
Yes! I know what you mean.
I also agree that 170º CW is the correct spot. So a little to the right of 180º.
I also agree that 170º CW is the correct spot. So a little to the right of 180º.
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
I have an important question about all this. When i'm doing the Timimg belt must i replace the pullys and tensioner or just the tensioner or just the belt? i've been told by everyone something different and now i'm just worried, trying to build a Mx3 and everyone has an opinion.
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
That is up to you.
Spin the pullies by hand, if they sound dry at all, I personally would replace them, because I like a quiet, non bearing noise idle. If they feel a bit stiff, but quiet, that is normal, and it is probably pretty new.
On the other hand, I've never heard of one failing. Like most bearings, they get louder and louder and louder until you can't handle it, before they get louder yet and then fail.
Spin the pullies by hand, if they sound dry at all, I personally would replace them, because I like a quiet, non bearing noise idle. If they feel a bit stiff, but quiet, that is normal, and it is probably pretty new.
On the other hand, I've never heard of one failing. Like most bearings, they get louder and louder and louder until you can't handle it, before they get louder yet and then fail.
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
I can't believe I looked over the topic.
Thanks for the write up Ryan !
Thanks for the write up Ryan !
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
I like how nobody ever replied to this, and I only just now noticed it! I figured Dan would have been here already, honestly.wytbishop wrote:My wife touched a wrench once...I accidentally left it on the kitchen counter.
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
resurrected from the dead....
THIS NEEDS TO BE STICKIED!!!!
I still don't know why this has never been made a sticky in the v6 faq. This here is by far the absolute best writeup on setting the timing belt. Please sticky this so I never have to search for it again and so others can take advantage of the benefits of this write-up.
Thanks
THIS NEEDS TO BE STICKIED!!!!
I still don't know why this has never been made a sticky in the v6 faq. This here is by far the absolute best writeup on setting the timing belt. Please sticky this so I never have to search for it again and so others can take advantage of the benefits of this write-up.
Thanks
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
But it is stickied?
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
Hes an old school member so he still uses the FAQ i think he wanted it there
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
oh wow i feel like a major idiot. I've looked at the v6 forum how many times and i've not noticed it at the very top first thing on the list. durrrrrp
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
Thanks for this, did mine on the weekend on my KLZE.
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
just a bump for a thank you, saved me a bunch of time on my 4th motor swap
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
This might sound like a silly question but which direction do you count from or does it matter?
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Re: Get your timing belt on correctly the first try
Great post !