mark_wrx

got my belt from midland impreza £40+vat



[Edited by mark_wrx - 5/3/2002 1:04:50 AM]

jayz

With a friend this morning we tackled the canbelt and after seeing what garages charge for this job i am not impressed, It went so smooth that i thought it was going to be a nightmare, Total time about Hour & half,J

andy oakes

What sort of money and effort to complete that sort of work mate??

jayz

The Belt was £48+ vat.This was a ADL Make.Fitted Perfectly,Apart from that nothing, Oh and a bottle of tippex just to mark everything,From what i had heard this was suppose to be a hard job, as long as you keep an eye on the all the wheels and make sure that when you slide the new belt on that there is no slack between the grooves,R probably be eating my words tommorow when something goes wrong,J

scoobyboy

thats not bad for beginners on a turbo but i hope you compressed the tensioner the right way i.e the way it works other wise if you compress the vertical type in a vice it tends to bugger them up but well done.

SCOOBERATORS

Not a job I would like to tackle.

mark_wrx

done mine today to , took me 2.5 hrs not as bad as i thought it would be . anyway how much do garages charge for this job .

yoza

Brave people
Write in next week,to tell us all how things are going
Good Luck.....

care3

i was quoted £430
3.5hrs work at a london dealer 1 month ago
got it done for half that



[Edited by care3 - 4/27/2002 9:29:11 PM]

PhilH

Had my new belt fitted (MY00) at a Subaru dealer a few weeks ago for £200 inc.

jayz

I would have to say that those tensioners r a neat idea, the only prob i had with that was that whoever had done the belt before had cracked the side of the rim where pin goes through,I thought at first that the hole for pin had snapped, in which case i would have not proceeded untill i had new tensioner.There is a trick that someone told me about cutting the belt in half so you leave a thin piece of belt to keep all wheels where they r, and then you slide new belt over, this would not work as bootom right wheel has rim, and belt is way to tensioned to just slide in.J

Stephen Cole

How easy was it to undo the crankshaft pulley nut ?
We you using a normal 1/2inch drive socket etc, or have you got a speacil high quality and/or extra long one ?
Thanks

jayz

Crankshaft pulley nut came off soooo smooth, I thought something was wrong,J

mark_wrx

i made tool to go in the four holes in the pulley ,22mm socket for the nut lock the pulley and crack it off anti clockwise.


i have a pic of belt on car with all the markings lined up ,mail me for a pic.

[Edited by mark_wrx - 4/30/2002 12:18:39 AM]

DGRALLYING

Jayz

where did you get the belt from?

Did you not try and get a Gates belt?