Subject	Did a timing belt change and 60k service once...
Posted by	JRH(KY) on May 01, 2015 at 11:55 AM
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In Reply To	Just for kicks, name your biggest flub. posted by rojoloco (VA Beach) on April 30, 2015 at 06:19 AM
Message	for a friend while visiting California. I'd done quite a few by this point so it shouldn't have been a big deal. After everything was buttoned up we started the car up and heard a faint scraping sound. After poking around we noticed bits of rubber spitting out below the crank sprocket. Turned out I put the concaved washer that fits between the sprocket and the block on backwards and the sharp side was facing the timing belt and was just shaving off slivers and spitting them out. The worst part was that I was flying back home the next day and couldn't help fix my mistake. I feel bad about that to this day. _______________________________________________ Jonathan Howlett
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