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Success on Timing belt, but one more round to go. 850 1997

posted by  vwstuart on  Fri Aug 5 09:17 CST 2005
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Greetings,
Today, I installed my new timing belt. I noticed when I had the old one off that the idler and tensioner pullies did not spin as easy as I thought they should. The water pump had no leaks and turned easy, without any play in the pump. Even though the pullies were tight, I installed the new belt. Everything went fine, and the car runs great, but I do have a noise, which I believe to be the idler and tensioner rollers. I have ordered new rollers, and as soon as they get in, I will start the process over again.
I know that I should have just stoped when I realized the rollers were going bad, but I really wanted to see the car run again, and I did need to move it.
Overall, replacing the timing belt is NOT a hard process. It does seem a bit scary, having never replaced the belt before, but I did not have any real problems. Since I did a lot of cleaning in the belt area, the next time will be a lot nicer.
What problems should I expect to encounter when I go to replace the rollers? Are they easy to get to (I know, easy is a relative term here!) Anyway, I have 244,000 miles on this car, and I really want to see it turn 500,000.
Thanks for the help in replacing the belt. Let me know what to expect when I remove the rollers.

Thanks,
Stuart






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