Thread: URGENT: 300Tdi Broken Drive Belt!

Originally Posted by 87County

Hi treads....

there are a number of 6203 bearings in the front serp belt & timing belt idlers etc - my advice is to replac any that you have apart

also be sure to check the state of the fan pulley bearing in the front cover as well while you have it apart

Thanks, I put a new bearing in the idler pulley and put a new belt on this afternoon after checking all the other shafts etc for play

Originally Posted by 87County

if you go ahead with the timing belt replacement you will need a specific crankshaft holding tool & a specific pulley puller, (& of course the timing tool!) - these can all be fabricated if you don't have access to them

you'll also need 3/4 drive +27mm socket for the main pulley bolt

it seems that I might not be too far away from you so give me a pm if you need further advice/assistance

regards - Laurie

Appreciate the advice and the offer of assistance, however I think I may leave it this time and get the LR specialist in Raleigh to do it. Spoke to him yesterday and he quoted $600-700 to do it. I've got family near there and travel down the Waterfall Way a lot so it won't be a problem. If he lets me watch a bit I might do it next time, this is the first vehicle I've had that I actually enjoy working on

Cheers