Timing Belt direction important?
Oh crap..... I installed a new timing belt along with water pump, serpentine
belt, etc...... and after it was all together read an article someone posted mentioning that they thought that the arrows on the new belt should point to the front of the car........ I hope not....... if it is a new belt..... I did not see that in the directions from hma on line instructions...... so I may or may not have installed it that way. 2003 Santa Fe 2.7 Litre, 63,000 miles. Thanks. -- KWW |
Re: Timing Belt direction important?
KWW wrote:
> Oh crap..... I installed a new timing belt along with water pump, serpentine > belt, etc...... and after it was all together read an article someone posted > mentioning that they thought that the arrows on the new belt should point to > the front of the car........ I hope not....... if it is a new belt..... I > did not see that in the directions from hma on line instructions...... so I > may or may not have installed it that way. > > 2003 Santa Fe 2.7 Litre, 63,000 miles. > Thanks. I'm not familiar with the Santa Fe in particular, but when most parts have an arrow on them it is for a reason and typically points to the direction that the part should rotate if a moving part or towards the front of the car if not a moving part. Matt |
Re: Timing Belt direction important?
The arrows on the belt point in the direction of rotation.
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Re: Timing Belt direction important?
What if it is installed backwards? The reason I ask is that it mentions
marking the direction of travel if it is going to be reinstalled... If it does need to be flipped around, would running it for a few hours the wrong way hurt anything? "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote in message news:e08b233187b9f680e047db4a7dc19112@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com... > The arrows on the belt point in the direction of rotation. > |
Re: Timing Belt direction important?
It might cause some premature failures, but I wouldn't expect any
significant damage over a short period of time. |
Re: Timing Belt direction important?
Installing the wrong way may cause it to fatigue sooner. Shouldn't be any
noticeable effect if it's corrected within a reasonable amount of time. |
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