pooch

Does anyone know if the bimetallic washers in the timing belt tensioner go in a certain order? The rubber boot on my tensioner was so hard and stuck on the tensioner, when i finally got it off the washers spilled out.

The washers are slightly convex.....so they either all fit into each other or they are stacked in sets of +-9 back to back to create some gaps.

Please help

Leon

Greg86andahalf

They do go in a certain order. I have to check the manual to tell you, I'll try and post it tomorrow if no one else does in the meantime.

Greg

pooch

Thank you Greg
really appreciate you taking the time.
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WallyP

The tensioner washers are actually quite sophisticated bi-metallic Belleville springs. The stack serves as a short, stiff, temperature-compensating spring to maintain belt tension even when the aluminum block and heads grow from thermal expansion.

You will have either 8 groups of 5 or 7 groups of 5. Arrangement is:

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Greg86andahalf

Yeah, what he said.

Thom1

Hi Pooch,

Also see John Pirtle's site for pictures and procedures:
<a href="http://members.rennlist.com/pirtle/tbelt.html" target="_blank">http://members.rennlist.com/pirtle/tbelt.html</a>

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