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Re: V6 timing belt, the well worn subject...



Richard Welty wrote:
i don't see how you can do the cams w/o taking the belt off and putting it
back on. at that point, the labor cost is dominant and you're crazy not to
do the whole shooting match all at once.
Actually you can. That's how you are supposed to do a valve adjustment without messing about with the timing belt. The cam pulley and the cam are press fit together (well that and a big 19mm head bolt.) Remove the bolt, and press the cam out with the factory cam tool or a harmonic balancer puller, and the cam pulleys just stay put.

A doodad like this will keep the pulleys from moving, when you are removing the bolts that hold the cams to the pulleys.

http://alfa.denovich.org/twiki/bin/view/Alfa/CamPulleyTools

That said, the timing belt on the Milano is a piece of cake. Even if you have to mess with it, there's plenty of room.

--Mark
The Alfa Wiki: http://alfa.denovich.org
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