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As above how do I judge how tight to do my timing belt?

Was done less than 1000km's ago but a mate tightened it while I was working on other things & it made a lot of bearing noise despite new idler & tensioner bearings being fitted.

Now I have pulled it down to fit an adjustable cam-gear & want to be sure its tensioned correctly...

In a DIY thread on here they said to turn engine over & tighten tensioner bolt at same time? I tried that & it seems WAY too loose!

Anyone got any other methods?

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unfortunately its an aquired feel.

As above how do I judge how tight to do my timing belt?

Was done less than 1000km's ago but a mate tightened it while I was working on other things & it made a lot of bearing noise despite new idler & tensioner bearings being fitted.

Now I have pulled it down to fit an adjustable cam-gear & want to be sure its tensioned correctly...

In a DIY thread on here they said to turn engine over & tighten tensioner bolt at same time? I tried that & it seems WAY too loose!

Anyone got any other methods?

Seem to have got it right. Nice & firm but no longer tight enough to make bearing noise.

Am a qualified mechanic so should know but work only on automatic transmissions at work...

Went with gut feeling & it seems to have paid off so will know next time

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