Broken alternator belt

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:06 pm

So I've found a contributing factor to the belt breaking, my front pully has a bit of a wobble... Advice sought in this thread viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32405

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:55 pm

SuperMazdaKart wrote:take off the lower timing belt cover, (not the rocker/valve cover one)

mmm lol tried just then

its got a lip which sits behind the rocker cover so

unfortunately I'll have to take the rocker cover off

SuperMazdaKart · Postby **SuperMazdaKart** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:21 pm

heh, oh well. once you do that you could just leave the bottom cover off.

make sure to have a new valve cover gasket ready just in case.

could even get a 323 BP valve cover, the ones which had a full plastic timing belt cover that can be left off leaving the camshaft gears exposed all the time.

TieNN89 · Postby **TieNN89** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:14 am

SuperMazdaKart wrote:make sure to have a new valve cover gasket ready just in case.

it was replace early this year it won't be necessary will it

i got some gasket goo to go in those spots that require it

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:19 am

it was replace early this year it won't be necessary will it

The gasket should be fine. I've reused the one on my cars several times. Just be careful of the gasket when you take the valve cover off. Make sure you tension the bolts on the valve cover evenly when reinstalling them and preferably (though not critically) in the order shown in the workshop manual.