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Help! Doing the Timing Belt on my 99 1.8T, how do i get the damn belt on? Its too tight to fit

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Old 07-15-2004, 04:29 PM
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Default Help! Doing the Timing Belt on my 99 1.8T, how do i get the damn belt on? Its too tight to fit

around the gears?
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Default I installed the tensioner after I fit the belt, much easier that way...

the crack is very easy to turn also (lowest friction engine I've ever seen), so keep track of those timing marks.
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we got it! cranks a bit tough to turn. but marks line up
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2nd that. Belt first, then tensioner.
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