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MPV Section - Forums for Multi Purpose Vehicles: => Ford Galaxy Forum - Mk1 / Mk2 inc. VW Sharan and SEAT Alhambra (1995-2006) => Topic started by: tomcat100 on August 25, 2015, 11:23:31 PM
Hi all hope you're well and you've had a good summer so far.
Hope you don't mind but I have a Question
I have looked through a fair amount of the faq and found nothing to do with my small problem.
I have a Mk2 1.9 TDI,2000 plate Galaxy.
My problem is I have replaced the water pump and cannot get the cam belt back on :( , in my efforts to get it back on, I took off the tensioner , then discovered that I have the little (hydraulic ? ) push rod behind the tensioner, and it seems to be at maximum,( only fitted on early models I think I read somewhere) however I cannot get it to push back down, so as to get the clearance to fit the tensioner and belt back on, is this making sense ? So the Q is how do I get the little push rod down please if anybody knows ?
I have tried pushing it down using as much force as I dare as things were starting to bend :/ no movement, in fact seemed very solid. I have felt around the thing and found nothing other than the slot to put a retaining tool in and its too late for that 8-)
Many thanks to all that read/reply :)
Tom.
Have a look at this - its not in English but just watch and it shows you how to sort your problem - you will need a tool to hold the damper in position.
https://youtu.be/QPN5nqojwM4
WOOT ! thanks for the link, had already seen but still helped.
Soo it turns out that the damper rod will go down it's just very slow. I applied pressure via the allen key point on the tensioner (with an extension i might add), and as i held the pressure on the allen key, the rod started going down , i could hardly notice the movement at first but once noticed , then is was obvious, held in place till all the way back in then backed off a little to allow the gap, and inserted my home made tong/ fork thingy which held amazingly :) which gave me the ability to adjust the tensioner properly, ok sweet sorted !
While i'm at it to those re reading this, what tension should I have the belt at ? ie: able to flex but not to 90 deg ?
also the front edge is slightly looser than the back I assume this is normal ?
Many thanks to bigjeeze and all who read/replied to this plea.
Tom.