March 3, 201214 yr had a heck of a time with timing belt covers , not one cover came off without a fight. it was so much easyer to set timing . I did not install either inner or outer covers , we have alot of slush and snow , ill find out if it really works...
March 3, 201214 yr I've never had an issue on my EA82 or my EJ22, Coverless is the way to go, and I stand by that.
March 3, 201214 yr Cool! Guess I got lucky with my covers, they all came right off. Low mileage cars probably had something to do with it. Here's to nothing happening! haha:clap:
March 3, 201214 yr Cool! Guess I got lucky with my covers, they all came right off. Low mileage cars probably had something to do with it. Here's to nothing happening! haha:clap: Not so much low mileage as lucky. The timing belt cover bolts are held in by round 'nuts' with little teeth that bite the plastic. In theory they hold firm in the plastic while you turn the bolt, but in reality they usually come loose and spin endlessly. Or the plastic cracks ever so slightly and puts no pressure on the nuts, causing them to spin endlessly... Easier to just rip them off and get it over with (or use zip ties to hold them on).
March 3, 201214 yr Not so much low mileage as lucky. The timing belt cover bolts are held in by round 'nuts' with little teeth that bite the plastic. In theory they hold firm in the plastic while you turn the bolt, but in reality they usually come loose and spin endlessly. Or the plastic cracks ever so slightly and puts no pressure on the nuts, causing them to spin endlessly... Easier to just rip them off and get it over with (or use zip ties to hold them on). Or the MilesFox method, Long pipe + Hammer = Timing Cover removal
March 3, 201214 yr Yeah, probably was just luck. Every nut I unscrewed I was a bit worried it was going to snap the plastic, but nothing broke at all. In fact, after I removed them I cleaned them and they look brand new. Might post them up on ebay, they could pass for NOS.
March 3, 201214 yr Or the MilesFox method, Long pipe + Hammer = Timing Cover removal You left out "a lot of curse words". Or is that specific to my method? Edited March 3, 201214 yr by man on the moon
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