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Offline WeekendMechanic

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Timing belt wow`s
« on: 25 October 2012, 20:19 »
Myoriginal timing belt and tensioner arrived today, to do on my GTD.
I first marked everything up took off the old belt,but when I put on the new belt I can never get the belt to go around the crankshaft sprocket to fit with tensioner  its a whole tooth off.
So when I fit it on the crankshaft moves,it was like a tooth and a half off but the crankshaft turned so I said i`ll give it a go but she would not start?
I`m beginning to think they gave me a different timing belt.
Anyone know what i`m doing wrong any advice would be much appreciated
« Last Edit: 25 October 2012, 20:32 by WeekendMechanic »

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Re: Timing belt wow`s
« Reply #1 on: 25 October 2012, 21:14 »
Count the teeth  :wink:

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Re: Timing belt wow`s
« Reply #2 on: 26 October 2012, 10:30 »
I checked it its good,I am going to buy a timing kit tool to hold the crankshaft.

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Re: Timing belt wow`s
« Reply #3 on: 26 October 2012, 12:52 »
Everything that can turn should be locked off in the correct position.
Only the tensioner should be loose.
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Re: Timing belt wow`s
« Reply #4 on: 26 October 2012, 13:28 »
Everything that can turn should be locked off in the correct position.
Only the tensioner should be loose.

Exactly lenn I got it in the end thanks everyone cheers :smiley: