Cambelt tension - Saxperience

HulmeR87 · 1st May 2019, 16:45

Changing my cambelt at the weekend, how tight should the belt be once it’s on? Cheers

Jonathancilia · 14th May 2019, 19:15

I was always tought, that a good rule is that you should be able to twist the belt a 90 degrees Sent from my SM-T560 using Tapatalk

dt_ · 18th May 2019, 10:33

^^ I've heard the same, that you should be able to deflect (twist) the belt 90 degrees or so on its longest part between cam and crank. Change water pump also as a new belt with a slightly different tension will almost guarantee that it starts leaking

Jonathancilia · 18th May 2019, 20:36

Yeah great advice, good idea to replace the water pump, as if it starts leaking youll have to do the job all over again Sent from my SM-T560 using Tapatalk