Balance Belt

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KOZEN
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I have a 1990 L300 Cyclone, 2.0litre petrol RWD with 230,000Kms on the clock.
The water pump was leaking and when I removed the timing cover I noticed the balance belt had snaped.
From what I can gather, the crankshaft has to be removed to replace the belt so my question is this, what would happen if I didn't replace the belt and left it off completely?
Jun 10, 2007 at 5:41 PM
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DEGGREE01
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ARe you sure the crank shaft has to be removed, i have an eclipse and has a balancer belt also but all i did was removed the timing cover and then the Harmonic balancer and i was able to get to that belt with no problem, i dont think it will be a problem if you leave it off, i dint realize mine had snaped untill i had to get in to change the water pump and it was working fine, but then again it's there for a reason so i just went ahead and replaeced mine.
Jun 28, 2007 at 10:39 AM