ivantruckman Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I've never had an issue on my EA82 or my EJ22, Coverless is the way to go, and I stand by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man on the moon Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l75eya Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man on the moon Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) 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, 2012 by man on the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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