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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Question timing belt change problem

just tried to get the bottom pulley off and it seemed to jump the teeth on the belt when i turned it, i had a locking bar through the cam pulley to try and hold it but the bottom pulley kept spinning, any other way to get the bugger off please???
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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To get the crank pulley bolt out, get someone to sit in the car, with their foot hard on the brakes, and put it in fourth. Use a suitable bar and socket and undo the bolt. It'll be effing tight but will turn quite easily after it's cracked.

Use the same trick to do it up again.
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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small problem there the gearbox is fooked and i have taken the stick off, will put it back in though and try it, i will ram it in gear some how lol, cheers cozmeister
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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If you can put a long extension on a socket and get a good whack with a hammer on the extension the shock will loosen it, this is how I did mine, and for tightening just applied handbrake in gear(5th) and it went up to poundage no problem.
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