Badger_1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 When I changed my cambelt on my Rover 200 I had great difficulty undoing the Crankshaft pulley nut in order to get the cambelt cover off. despite having a large leaverage bar I pulled the tendons in my elbow it was that tight. Does the crackshaft pulley need to come off on the freelander petrol engines to change the cambelt and are they just as tight? Got a feeling mine was put on with an air power tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The timing belt sprocket stays on the crankshaft, but the pulley has to come off. Put a socket on the crank bolt and a breaker bar, disconnect the coil, and briefly spin the starter motor - this is usually enough to undo the bolt, but if it fails, then remove the tim cover on the back of the flywheel housing and jam the flywheel. You can then undo the crank bolt with a breaker bar. How I did it here:- http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=9652 Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger_1 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 The timing belt sprocket stays on the crankshaft, but the pulley has to come off. Put a socket on the crank bolt and a breaker bar, disconnect the coil, and briefly spin the starter motor - this is usually enough to undo the bolt, but if it fails, then remove the tim cover on the back of the flywheel housing and jam the flywheel. You can then undo the crank bolt with a breaker bar.How I did it here:- http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=9652 Les. Great walk through Les thanks. Is it always best to change the tensioner with the cambelt and how many miles between cambelt changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 There are two types of belt and tensioner. Manual tensioner has to be replaced along with the belt - every 72,000 miles (no time interval indicated). Automatic tensioner is also 72,000 miles but no time period and the tensioner doesn't have to be replaced. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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