Renault Megane Scenic Cambelt!!!!

Feb 05, 2004 2 Replies

What a bitch to do!!! Anyone else on here done one? (V reg, 1.6i 16v) Well, after being in the trade 11 years, I can quite possibly say that this is the worse cambelt I've ever done. My old trick of marking all the sprockets with tip-ex also went out the window, when I had all the marks nicely lined up, with the new belt on, only to find that when I went to turn the crank over by hand, *only* the crank started turning, making my marks about as much use as a chocolate fireguard! - I now know that with the bottom pulley off, the bottom sprocket is free wheeling! - Any other cars like this? I know some cars have camshafts set this way, but crankshaft?



Matthew


Zetec S fiesta....1.2 & 1.4 Get calls all the time from guys roaring "HELP"....Freewheeling crankshaft sprocket too.

JK

No woodruff key or other means of positive location? That seems an absurd way to design an engine and a guarantee that if the crank bolt comes loose to even the slightest degree the valvetrain gets wrecked. Some of the Peugeot engines rely on friction only to drive the oilpump which is bad enough (further comments on my website) but driving a crank pulley like that strikes me as madness.

Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines

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