Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

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Apr 1, 2011

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Driving to a shop and having them crack the pulley bolt sounds like a hassle to me. If I were you and didn't have the the special tool or air tools, I would just buy the special tool. You will probably end up having to pay the shop to loosen the bolt for you. (you can find the tool for just under 30 bucks shipped on the internet)

i will buy the tool anyway....i am still concerned that i might not be able to get the bolt off even with the tool....i realize i will have to pay the shop....that doesnt bother me....

Apr 1, 2011

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Re: Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

use a 1/2" or larger breaker bar and find a pipe that fits over it for more leverage

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use a 1/2" or larger breaker bar and find a pipe that fits over it for more leverage

thanks.....

i have been there and done that with many bolts....i have a 4 foot cast iron sprinkler pipe that i keep for these reasons to put over my ratchet....but even with that i am still not sure....never tried this bolt before but from what im reading its horrid....or maybe everybody who says that is not as experienced as me....or thats what im hoping....lol

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Re: Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

Mine honestly wasnt too bad... I had a LOT of flex my my 36" breaker bar though

No additional pipes required.

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I think my breaker bar is only 18" but my pipe is around 36

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Re: Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

I was putting all me weight into it and the bar was flexing to the max id say... so... i thought if i jump on it either the bolt will break free or the breaker bar will snap.. I jumped on it heard "SNAP", luckilly it was the bolt. I had to do that three times to actually free the bolt up!!!

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Re: Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

good it was the bolt, not ur ***** over the bar

all depends on luck, i guess. some of the ball joints in my case were a pain, tool or not... u-tube method almost killed me

had to repair the wall...

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Wow... the youtube method is the one I used with success... my bolt only had 80k miles on it though. I do believe the more miles the harder it is to free it

May 2, 2011

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Re: Timing Belt + General Maint Questions

'Just did mine on a 2001 I recently picked up used. The car has 182,000 miles, and i know the belt was original, and surprisingly, everything under that cover looked good. I think the mfgrs build in a lot of margin there, but why tempt fate specially on an interference engine. The " recommended " method of removing the crank bolt worked perfectly. Replacing the plugs and setting up the valves gave a surprising improvement in the engine smoothness, and im looking forward to see how much it helps the mpg.