Water Pump Belt Change Advice Needed.

[Bluest]

Simple question for those who've done this job. How did you remove the single use bolt that secures the belt pulley to the balance shaft? And more importantly how did you install the new one? I have a tiny 1/4" drive torque wrench, but even that is too big to fit between the bolt head and block, even with no socket on it! I can't get an offset spanner in or anything.

[Wayne.R]

in a nutshell, i left it well alone, when i did mine. I inspected the belt for cracks, saw that it was fine and carried on, doing the pump.

[Bluest]

Thanks, I'd forgotten I'd posted this. In the end I managed to feed the old belt off without having to loosen the pulley.