MoRE timing belt questions

[Bleach1]

I am doing a timing belt on an r32 gtst next weekend and have a few questions.

1. The Crank pulley bolt is 30mm?

2. The torque setting for the crank pulley bolt is 142nm then 152nm?

3. Does the crank pulley have threaded holes for a harmonic balancer puller or do you need a puller that pulls externally on the crank pulley?

4. Does the radiator need to be removed?

[PHaT MR30]

radiator does need to be taken out, makes life so much easier. i am in the same position as you right now about to replace water pump and timing belt.

need to know about the crank pulleys aswell

[Bleach1]

anyone?

[dominik]

yeah guys the crank pulley does have threaded holes for the puller to screw to

[blind_elk]

crank pulley bolt should be 27mm.

[wrxhoon]

rb25 crank bolt head is 27 mm rb 26 is 30 mm , it has from memory 6 mm bolt holes , u have to take radiator out put car in gear handbrake up then u can undo the crank pulley bolt , turn it a few turns ( 10 mm out ) put the gear puller in place once it becomes loose take the big bolt out and the pulley will come out then .

do it up the same way torque it to 142 - 152 nm but dont worry u wont break it in a hurry .

[Bleach1]

ok cool, thanks. 152nm just doesnt sound all that tight. I did a supra belt not long ago and it was 300nm. 152nm will be alot easier to crack i guess.

[blind_elk]

An 'old school' trick to undo the crank pulley bolt:

use a breaker bar, and if necessary a piece of pipe to make it long enough to reach the chassis rail, then crank the engine.

[wrxhoon]

thats true but dont expect do place the bar on the rail the starter wont have the grunt to undo it , u have to have the bar a fair way from the rail to get a bit of movement firts in order to get it undone .

i undo them with a 3/4 inch rattle gun but not everyone has these .

[Bleach1]

Surely having the car in gear and hand brake on with my 22" snap on breaker bar and a pole on the end will be enough to undo the crank bolt.

[rb25]

the breaker bar has a lifetime warranty doesn't it? lol

-rb25

[JAS-25T]

im going to be sending my car to a mechanic for the timing belt

how much do you guys think it would approximately cost?

[blind_elk]

Surely having the car in gear and hand brake on with my 22" snap on breaker bar and a pole on the end will be enough to undo the crank bolt.

Puts too much stress on the gearbox.

the breaker bar has a lifetime warranty doesn't it? lol .

Of course. Once it breaks, its lifetime has ended.

It's like a "concrete warranty" - once it's off my concrete, what warranty?

[JimX]

Puts too much stress on the gearbox.

The gearbox can take over 700Nm of torque. If you can apply that much torque through a breaker bar, you should probably be in some sort of record book