cant get belt back on -02 vw jetta-could it be my tention puller because i dont know how to get it to go in for more slack-should i take it off,run the belt,then put it back on?

Asked by migration_jettaman31... May 08, 2013 at 02:50 PM about the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

do i need to take tension roller for timing belt off,to get belt back on?

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see those holes on the thing? are you not able to loosen the bolt slip a needlenose in them and rotate the assembly? rotate it as far as it will go then put a one-penny nail into the hole that appears there, spring-loading it, as it were~

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