Timing belt tensioner Spacer-v6 Calibra
Question:
looks like I stuffed up replacing my timing belt a few months ago. I didnt’ know there was supposed to be a spacer behind the main spring-loaded ‘tensioner pulley’. this seems to have caused the tensioner to tighten right up and tighten the belt up so that it grazed against a bolt sticking out and wrecked the belt. there was still a section of the belt that remained in tact and therefore it didn’t break completely and therefore, hopefully the timing was still ok and hasn’t damaged the valves (the engine still starts) -but I turned it off as quickly as possible when I heard there was a problem.
I no longer have my old parts when I replaced my timing belt the first time and I don’t know how wide the missing Spacer would have been. I’m waiting on getting a new timing belt- I’m hoping that maybe someone on this forum knows about the mistake I’ve made here- and maybe knows how I can find out the exact width of the spacer so that when I replace the new belt it’s a perfect fit with the new belt.
Answer:
well it seems like you are sh.t out of luck here. it looks like a washer or spacer can be seen in the kit photo. so i’d suggest buying another kit not just a belt. short of that, call up vauxhall car parts or autovaux and see if they can find a kit and give you the dimensions of the spacer.
falling even shorter of that, get on the calibra website here or the UK and hope that someone doing a v6 belt change can help you out. there is currently one australian rebuilding their v6 on the UK Forums but that is a fast moving project.
