Cambelt Fitting: Must Know Trick! Credit To B-rice

[Paulusc44]

Im not sure if this is general knowledge or not but I basically searched this site completely for guides to doing a cambelt and what I found was excellent.. I printed off a few and have been using them as guide whilst doing the Cambelt on my R32.. ( Soo much gratefullness to the lads that take there time to throw up guides with photos etc )

ANYWAYS.. I was having real trouble actually fitting the cambelt to the engine, lining up all the marks and pulling the thing over the final cam gear was never going to happen.. So I went back and re read B-rice's guide which was a beauty, it basically explains the following,

"Place the belt by gripping about 5mm on the cam gears and the tensioner" I did this with all lines lined up.. And then proceeded to mark up and slip the belt 5mm onto the crank gear, And then finally, the belt VERY EASILY slipped over the idler.

All of the guides I read bar this one said getting the cambelt on WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT by yourself, GOOD NEWS! THIS IS NOT TRUE

By following B-rices guide and buying genuine parts its quite straight foward.

Is this general Knowledge or??

[iruvyouskyrine]

I have always done all mine the other way. Over the crank sprocket first then slide it over the cam gears. The trick is to only put a few mm of the belt on as stated. The less of the belt you put on the easier it is but obviously you want to put enough on so that it isn't going to slide off while trying to put it over the cam gears.

It's more about patience and perseverance than anything else

[tridentt150v]

And never look down to line up the marks......always bend your lazy back down to eye level and line them up. You'd be surprised at the difference eye level makes.

[White GTS-T]

On any motor that spins clockwise, yes there are some that don't, the timing belt should be fitted in an anticlockwise direction, starting at the crankshaft. This leaves all the slack on the belt at the tensioner, where you need it.

Then, always be sure to turn the crankshaft two revolutions and recheck the timing marks and belt tension.

Please note though, that the marks on the actual belt won't line up again after turning the motor over. This is due to the relationship of teeth on the cam and crank gears aw they are a hunting gear set. Just be sure that the camshaft and crankshaft makes line up and you're good to go.