cam belt

[AndySAXO]

the last owner got the cam belt change the mechanic but it on too tight and also tighten the cam belt cover screw to tight so the screw just spin so i am fining it really hard to get off to losen it, a few question, i am guess this is not good to have the cam belt to tight, as you can heard it when driving, and will this effect the proformance

thanks :panic:

[Drago]

You really need to get this adjusted.

Leave it to long and it could cause premature belt failure which is the last thing you want.

With the nut issue depending on which one you are talking about lower or upper you may have to sacrifice the cambelt cover to remove it unfortunately purely because you dont have any access to do anything else.

You could try getting a flat headed screw driver behind the head of the bolt and try prising it out.

[raunchz]

How does the bolt just spin if it's on too tight ?

Having it too tight will affect the life of the cambelt, plus the life of the tensioner + idler pulley + aterpump bearings. How long they'll last before failing is like a lottery, probably a long time tbh.

To be on the safe side I'd look at loosening it off asap, to maximise the life of the parts, and to quieten down the ride, lol

The bolts that hold the cambelt cover on are only M5, so just pry it off maybe, or undo them with a breaker bar, but I find it hard to believe someone has tightened up M5 bolts too tight to undo !? Or os the melt insert they screw into just spinning? If so then you'll just have to wrench them out and maybe buy a new back/inside cover (Around £25) but would need cambelt and pulleys off to fit.

[raunchz]

lol, beat me too it !

[AndySAXO]

it all the screws on the cam belt cover i dont know who did it but it must of use a air gun or something to tight them up my old man a mechanic but he on holiday and my car going into the bodyshop next week so hopfully it will be sort once it out, i just getting scare that it might just stap and that will be the last thing i want :'(

dose anyone nknow how much i new cam belt cover is??

[AndySAXO]

you know the cap head which the bolt screw into on the opther side of the cam belt cover well the bolt and them just spin so some how i have to grip them and undo the bolts

[AndySAXO]

the last guy must of over tighten them which has damage the buit which the bolt screw into.

[raunchz]

I'd look to force them out somehow, I think they are around £25 - I bought the inner one and it was £24 iirc.

[AndySAXO]

yer i have a go at it next week as my car now in the bodyshop and i am carless :'(

[raunchz]

Maybe ask the bodyshop to have a quick go at getting the cover off if they have time?

[AndySAXO]

thanks for the help people, my old man back off holiday now so he will get it done he will take to his garage next week

[Kano]

i had the same problem with my vts mate apart from it was too late before i realised! the bottom tensioner was on that tight that it sheared the bolt causing the cam cover to stick out and the auxilary belt melted into the cover n both belts jus shreaded up. luckily i wasnt goin very and it doesnt seem like any major damage has been caused, fingers crossed still in the process of removing debray of the 2 belts and trying to remove the sheard bolt :wall: