right, i went and got the old belt and took some pics etc to help diagnose my problem,
first off the belt is as pete said, a 1000 8m HTD
and heres how that looked
the side looked like it had been doing some rubbing
and this kit and belt is like just over a month old!?
then noticed it looked abit grotty down there so hada look
is the pulley to close to the cover or am i worrying?
i took the cover off and you could see abit of rubbing
i want the cover off permanently! it looks so much better! is their any prob with doing this? i heard stones etc can fuck timing?
anyway, i then noticed my new steel pulley was somehow bent up in a few places!?!?!? how the hell does that happen?
and it was rather scratchy on the inside of the dents - enough to fook a belt
i would put my old pulley on but my garage said the old one was spaced out too much making the belt out of line, can i not just file it down to size? heres a pic of the old pulley
and last but not least, how do i tension the new belt when i change it? never done it before i know how to loosen the charger but what do i do next, i took a pic so someone could kinda point lol
sorry for all the pics etc but just need some help with this as its ruining my fooking life!