Engine: 2.1 Carb B21A: timing belt query

[darowa330]

I am trying to replace the timng belt on my 1982 244 2.1 auto. THE NEW Belt, a gates 5020, seems too small and i cant get it over the tensioner even though its retracted and held in place with a pin. Can belts shrink if old and stored a long time? Should i try a genuine volvo belt. ? Advice most welcome

[classicswede]

if the tensioner is held with a pin then it is not retracted. You need to lever the tensioner back and use the nut to hold it retracted

belt part number is correct

[morsing]

Originally Posted by darowa330

I am trying to replace the timng belt on my 1982 244 2.1 auto. THE NEW Belt, a gates 5020, seems too small and i cant get it over the tensioner even though its retracted and held in place with a pin. Can belts shrink if old and stored a long time? Should i try a genuine volvo belt. ? Advice most welcome

Hi,

Ignore classicswede, if the pin is in, it's retracted.

They're always a bit tight to get on, sometimes it helps spinning the crank by the crank bolt a bit.

If you can get the edge of it on, then spin the engine slowly and simultaneously guide the belt by pushing it towards the block just before the pulley.

Regards,
Henrik Morsing

[Clifford Pope]

I find it's easier to get the belt over the camshaft sprocket last rather than the tensioner.

[darowa330]

Hello. Thanks very much for your advice. Just getting it retracted that little bit more did the trick
regards Dave

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by morsing

Hi,

Ignore classicswede, if the pin is in, it's retracted.

They're always a bit tight to get on, sometimes it helps spinning the crank by the crank bolt a bit.

If you can get the edge of it on, then spin the engine slowly and simultaneously guide the belt by pushing it towards the block just before the pulley.

Regards,
Henrik Morsing

Good job he ignored you and listened to someone who does the job day in day out.

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by darowa330

Hello. Thanks very much for your advice. Just getting it retracted that little bit more did the trick
regards Dave

Glad you are sorted with it

[Big 240]

Have you tried using one of the belt installation tool things??

https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-...ol-209054.html

[classicswede]

Originally Posted by Big 240

Have you tried using one of the belt installation tool things??

https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-...ol-209054.html

Nothing like that needed. OP has sorted it once the tensioner had been backed off correctly

[Big 240]

Originally Posted by classicswede

Nothing like that needed. OP has sorted it once the tensioner had been backed off correctly

fair enough.