I recently bought a 6 with a snapped belt, I'm at the stage where the head is ready to go back on and have read about the slipped pulley problem. And having the belt snapped I don't know whether all 3 timing pins line up.

I have heard something some where on here that the key way should be at 90 degrees to the bolt on the left and the bottom of the block, so I have turned the crank to this position and lined up the pulley up and from the angle I was working at it looked like it lines up with the pin hole. Does this look right?



Looking at the photo it needs tweaking a little which I'll do when locking the pulley on Monday, I noticed there is a mark on the gear near the locking slot (not the tipex) which I was thinking may be a previous person marking for the gear in relation to the timing hole?

Cheers

It's not really arsing about, its more the fact of not spending money on parts I don't necessarily need just on the off chance this pulley is naff.

Just put the old pulley on and see if the holes line up. The cam pulley holes will always line up, so do them first, then see if the crank pulley holes lines up, if it does its ok, if it doesn't its kaput. Snapping the belt shouldn't affect the pulley, as the belt is driven from a seperate pulley, not off the aux pulley that is the one that is prone to slipping.

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Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 1
Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 2
Lap of the 'ring

Actually just thinking what I said isn't correct, as you could put the pulley on and turn it to make the hole line up before fitting the belt. As Stan said, all the pistons should be at a midway point so before you put the head on, put the pulley on the crank and stick a drill bit or something through the hole and into the slot behind it. Then measure the distance from the piston crowns to the block deck, all 4 pistons should be the same. I'd suggest using a vernier caliper or something reasonably accurate to do this. If all 4 are the same, the pulley is ok, if 2 are higher/lower than the other 2, the pulley isn't ok.

What I said above would only work if you still had the old belt fitted, so you could check before removing it.

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Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 1
Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 2
Lap of the 'ring

Nope, as the woodruff key wouldnt be pointing at the rear bolt.

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Glad it's all sorted.

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