Originally posted by SilverCrew:
Took the 'Tour out for her maiden voyage and snapped the belt. Apparently the thing chewed itself up from the rear from rubbing on something. The whole trip lasted less than 10 miles. Any ideas as to why this happened to prevent it from happening when we re-do this? Thanks in advance.



Well now you need a camshaft/crankshaft alignment tool to put the belt back on correctly. You can rent them from Autozone for free, just need to leave a depiost.

You may have done serious engine damage, your vavles may have hit your cylidners and created a whole crap load of problems, it has happened to many people here they have to pay between $800-$1800 to fix the engine.

Anyways when you put the belt back make 100% sure #1
cylidner is TDC and the camshaft and crankshaft are perfectly aligned.

Also did you replace the tensioner when you replaced the belt that is a very good idea to do, so that doesnt mess up.