Mary Faere
New member
Hello everyone... can anyone help?
We've got our Punto in bits to fix the timing belt tensioner. So far so good: we've got the new belt in place and new tensioner. We've figured out the timing marks and feel confident we know how to align the crankshaft and cam shaft...but now we just don't know how to tighten the belt with the tensioner...it's too hard to pull to get it tight enough.
I've read as much as I can find on the forum but everyone just says 'tension the belt', without instruction on how we actually do this.
Also any tips on how do we get the belt tight using the tensioner without the timing going off would be much appreciated? We got so far by putting a pin into the tensioner with a rope on it and pulling but afterwards the timing had been knocked out again.... doh.
Any pointers would help us out a million!
Mary
Ps... does anyone know exactly what a 1998 SX 60 Punto is? It's got 8 valves, I know that, but what 'Mark' would it be? The threads all describe them by 'mark' so it's be handy to know
We've got our Punto in bits to fix the timing belt tensioner. So far so good: we've got the new belt in place and new tensioner. We've figured out the timing marks and feel confident we know how to align the crankshaft and cam shaft...but now we just don't know how to tighten the belt with the tensioner...it's too hard to pull to get it tight enough.
I've read as much as I can find on the forum but everyone just says 'tension the belt', without instruction on how we actually do this.
Also any tips on how do we get the belt tight using the tensioner without the timing going off would be much appreciated? We got so far by putting a pin into the tensioner with a rope on it and pulling but afterwards the timing had been knocked out again.... doh.
Any pointers would help us out a million!
Mary
Ps... does anyone know exactly what a 1998 SX 60 Punto is? It's got 8 valves, I know that, but what 'Mark' would it be? The threads all describe them by 'mark' so it's be handy to know