What a fookin pain in the a55 to line the lines on the belt to the marks on the sprockets, without the bastid thing violently turning :headvswal but finally did it all brilliantly lined up etc tensioner is right in indicating that the old belt was stretched to its maximum. Put the lightweight pulley on took it out of 5th hand turned the pulley a few times to make sure it went around smoothly and no knocking noises or anything, absolutly spot on well chuffed :dance: :dance: but even though the belt lines all lined up with appropriate markings, even after I turned the belt around 4 full turns the lines on the belt did'nt match up with the markings again :wack: so it makes me wonder was that matching the lines up all neccasary?? Or does it need to rotate around a few more times to match up?? Anyway does'nt really matter its all done and perfect just got to start putting new and claened bits back on again :)

Follow the TT.net guide to doing it yourself and it will all make sense, just make sure you have adjusted the tensioner correctly!

Buddy, alot of the time i just get my tipex and mark different points on the pullies. Aslong as you dont move things around you can do any belt very easy. I know.............bad practice LOL

glad you sorted it bud,nice one :duffer:

LOL I made the mistake of thinking they should line up on each rotation, and confused myself chronic when they didn't.

 

Count the teeth on the belt, count the teeth on the marked pulleys. Calculate the lowest common denominator of these two (large!) numbers, call this X.... turn the engine over so that the belt rotates X times... only then will they line up again. :D

 

It'll be fine :cool:

fair do's your a brave ba5tard!! if i even tried that on mine i would break it, kill it, fook it up, you name it!!

 

i just drive the thing , i let those who know what to do fix it!!

 

i just drive the thing , i let those who know what to do fix it!!

Yeah I used to be like that mate then I became un employed :( but just doing this has given me so much confidence that I can do these things as well that I am very happy now :dance: :)

Glad it all went well mate.