where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

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Jul 22, 2005 | 04:10 PM

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where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

before I removed the timing belt the slack was on the firewall side, when i tighted up the tention bolt the slack is now on the radiator side...

is this wrong?

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Jul 22, 2005 | 04:42 PM

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Re: where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

i don't think you should have any slack

Jul 22, 2005 | 04:57 PM

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Re: where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

Slack should be on the firewall side at first, then the tensioner should take care of it.

Jul 22, 2005 | 09:23 PM

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Re: where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

yea you should have basically no slack on the front side

Jul 22, 2005 | 11:47 PM

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Re: where should the slack be when putting on a timing belt?

thanks

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