Throwback23
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- Apr 28, 2012
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Boring,
Oregon
My car has been in the garage for a few weeks and i finally found the time to get the timing back together. Ive always used an allen key on some vice grips in one of the eye holes of the eccentric tensioner but recently got that sweet little tool that was meant for the job and wow.... i quickly found out how little you have to turn the ratchet to attain proper tension on the belt with this tool....should have bought an inch pound tq wrench.... anyways the result was a downwards bent 1mm harbor freight allen (used to hold hydro tentsioner) which luckily came out easy once i realized how dumb what i was doing was. To my main concern, if applying that much tension on the belt i was able to bend that little allen any chance I strained, hurt or fatigued the timing belt, its a gates blue belt that has maybe 5k on it now and while I assume its fine I almost want to get a new belt. Anyways let me know what you thing and yes, rook mistake.