Quick question on cambelt change

[the wombat]

Quick question, and apologies if the answer is on the forum somewhere, I have trawled a lot of threads but can't find it!!

Will shortly be changing the balancer belt and cam belt on my Q4. All looks straight forward from the manual other than limited space.

I saw that the tensioning tool for both is a gadget that applies a bit of leverage with a sliding weight.

So, my question was, what are others using to tension both belts. Do I need to go and buy a specific tool, or is there a neat workaround.

Any help appreciated!!

[wrinx]

No neat workaround, just the usual "quarter turn of the belt", manual tensioning with a bit of common sense.

wrinx

[Steve Webb]

No neat workaround, just the usual "quarter turn of the belt on its longest run", manual tensioning with a bit of common sense.

wrinx

Thats the rule I work to as well.

[wrinx]

Yes, as above.

wrinx

[the wombat]

Chrs chaps. That is the rule I will follow also.