Re: [A2] Timing belt replacement

["Michael Abatzis" <abatzis@hotmail.com>]

they changed the tensioner design at somepoint, iirc. the early ones don't 
need the tool, the late models do. don't know how the 16v's differ from the 
8vs. i made a tool out of a fork. bent the inner tines in, the outer ones 
fit the holes perfectly, and then i grabbed the whole thing with vise grips. 
worked great. hth,
-michael
88 16v scirocco


>
>If it is anything like the A1's, I would buy the pulley removal tool, I got
>mine from techtonics, also the tool used to adjust the tensionor, I made 
>one
>from sheet metal and 2 screws, you will know how to make it when you see 
>the
>tensionor.  The majority of my time was spent removing the pulleys, I had 
>to
>drill out one of the bolts.  I believe they are 8mm allen head, get the
>socket from sears or somewhere like that( get 2 if you don't have the tool 
>-
>one to crack the bolt, and one to hold the pulley in place, also had luck
>with a cut up old v-belt and a pair of vice grips to hold the pulley in
>place, or you can just "sneak up" on them with an impact wrench )you will
>get better torque than with a traditional allen wrench.  You can't use hex
>bolts as replacements because you will not be able to ge a socket around
>them when they are close to the edge of the pulley( I tried ).  Mine looked
>straight forward and turned out to more than a 4 beer job.  I forget how 
>the
>A2's are set up, its been a few years, so none of this may be applicable,
>just my 2 cents on my experience.
>
>Steve
>
>85 wolfsburg
>86 16v - soon to be 2.0l (friday!)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian C Barrows" <ferret100@juno.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:46 PM
>Subject: [A2] Timing belt replacement
>
>
> > Well, I'm going to replace my timing belt this weekend.  The whole
> > proceedure looks pretty simple and all, but is there anything I should 
>be
> > prepared for?  I plan on soaking all of the bolts that need to come off
> > in some Mil-spec petetrant given to me by the Minnisota Air Nat'l Guard
> > (Thanks guys!) beforehand.  Should I go and get new bolts for the
> > vibration damper pulley, etc?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > B.
> >
> > '82 Scirocco (a.k.a. "Fritz") SOLD
> > '85 Jetta
> > '87 Porsche 944
> >
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