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Jamie

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:14 am

does anyone know if there should be a spring on the timing belt tensioner on the G13b engine? Does anyone have one i get get my hands on?

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:38 am

there should be

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want33s

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:56 am

There should be a spring on the bracket behind the idler pulley but it's not really necessary as it isn't a belt tensioner.
The idler is fixed once the bolt is tightened up.

v.w.dave

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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:03 am

The spring is kind of like a shipping bracket... One of the techs in my shop told me it was only there to keep the tention on the belt as the engine was being built till the tenssioner was tightend. Not sure if that is true.

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Zachius

Joined: Sat May 23, 2009 11:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:00 am

Yep I have also heard similar that its only purpose is to tension the belt while the pulley bolt is done up.

That spring has broken on mine previously and caused the timing belt to slip....... !*($#% :evil:

Personally, I plan to leave it off for any Suzuki motors in the future...

zookfun

Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:28 am

I used to have a spring on mine so I used it to set the tension when I changed the belt and then took it off because Id heard stoies of it falling into the timing belt.

Hows it all coming along anyway?

Jamie

Joined: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:30 pm
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Location: Mount Gambier

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:55 pm

thanks zookfun

working through the wiring harness at the moment, all other stuff is done. have bought the radiator, so that should be here in a few days.

cheers

86slowsierra

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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:28 pm

Zachius wrote:

Personally, I plan to leave it off for any Suzuki motors in the future...

just happened to me.

some good info. was just about to get a new spring but i didnt understand how it was needed seeing as the pully was done up tight, not allowing the spring to do anything.

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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:36 pm

I remove the spring prior to installing the pulley on mine.
The bolt will hold tension correctly, the spring just adds another potential point of failure.

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superduki

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:22 am

yep jump on redlinegti.com, their is many a sad story of valves being lunched in the g13b motor cause of the spring ejecting itself. Best option is to just piss it off. I don't run it on two of my GTi motors, no dramas so far.

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