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Old 07-25-2015, 03:35 PM   #17 (permalink)
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This picture shows that one of the timing belt covers is broken--see the gap? Maybe it was just missing the bolt, but it was cracked 80% of the way across it, and then broke completely in my hands. I installed a new one and the plastic around the bolt hole started cracking before I even felt tension on the bolt.

The one on the other side is also broken. There is a square nut embedded in plastic, but the plastic was not strong enough to keep the nut from rotating.

I am not impressed by these designs.

According to my timing belt removal instructions, I am about one-fifth through putting everything back together. I went home a few hours early yesterday because of a wardrobe malfunction. I had written reinstallation instructions, but they are on a dead laptop. I just want to make sure that I do this in the correct order, so that I do not need to remove something that I just reinstalled because I was supposed to reattach something else first.
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