time belt ..if its possible.

[Anubisxc70]

Is there any camshaft locking tool? I only find for dual camshaft.
Thank You

[davebb]

Hi on the D5 you will not need one , as the side of the belt is only a single pulley, just set up all of the marks,
Dave

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by Anubisxc70

Hello.
Can you change the tensioner and pulley with out removing the belt and cam will not move?
This is the question because my belt is good and its from Volvo but i guess it has a non Volvo tensioner and pulley. So i could just replace those by Volvo ones.

Many Thanks

If you go in just replace the lot - even thinking of leaving a belt in for the sake of £20 is mad.

Volvo don't make timing belts, Gates make them for Volvo - so get a Gates one for £17 and you have a "Volvo" one with Gates stamped on it.

I have been to the factory where they make these! Very interesting - I even saw the "Volvo" ones!

[petey]

Originally Posted by TDIvolvo

I have been to the factory where they make these! Very interesting - I even saw the "Volvo" ones!

Is that up near Leeds somewhere? I went to see Gates 20 plus years ago to source a restraining belt for engine mounts when I used to design mounts for Audi. (Fitting a belt to the mount provides an upward ’snubber’ and saved about £80 per car. I didn’t see too much of that sadly....)

[TDIvolvo]

Originally Posted by petey

Is that up near Leeds somewhere? I went to see Gates 20 plus years ago to source a restraining belt for engine mounts when I used to design mounts for Audi. (Fitting a belt to the mount provides an upward ’snubber’ and saved about £80 per car. I didn’t see too much of that sadly....)

Dumfries. I was there on non-related business but got round the full site on several occasions. I don't think gates have any other UK site now - I would have known about it doing what I was doing.

The lab was fantastic. If you imagine a lab with about 100 timing chests of different vehicles running with a perspex front cover so they can view them - all running at quite high RPM - they then had various lines that could spray oil or sand or some other containment into the cases while running. They just left them running constantly.

I have some photos from the factory on another computer which I will try and get uploaded. Each belt starts off as about a single vulcanised rubber/polymer compound which is made over a mould - so they are between 300mm and 1200mm wide before they go into the gang cutter. I paid extra attention to the Volvo racking in the warehouse where the Volvo belts were.