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Timing belt change methods (mine's at 100,000 miles) 200 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be hillbilly on  Sat Jun 22 03:37 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I personally use a impact wrench. My wrench will produce 110 ft/lb torque at 100 psi air (I checked it with a torque wrench). I have never in my 35 years of Volvo experience (20 with the OHC engine) had a problem. I suppose if you had a wrench that would produce mega torque it would be possible to break something. I've heard of the "rope trick", but it doesn't sound like it would be good for the valves. I've also seen the pulley removed with a power handle and hammer. Just be sure that the pulley is sitting flush when you tighten it. As far as changing the belt, it's pretty straight forward. I always loosen the idler and pull it back by hand and retighten the nut to hold it out of the way. I also use the mark on the belt to position the counter shaft (this is with the crank and cam set at TDC), the counter shaft pulley has a mark on the front. After I get the belt installed and tightened, I always crank the engine before re-installing the cover, fan and belts just to make sure that everything is OK.






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