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- Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:55 pm
- Forum: L300 Technical
- Topic: Silent shaft/balance shaft belt
- Replies: 18
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Re: Silent shaft/balance shaft belt
While replacing my engine head, I noticed the belt of my top balance shaft is gone. The shaft itself is stuck and the pulley is loose, I don't know which happened first, the belt coming off or the shaft getting stuck. I would rather not replace the shaft, considering the cost and effort. > Is this a...
- Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:11 am
- Forum: L300 Technical
- Topic: Broken torsion bar ... welded
- Replies: 4
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Re: Broken torsion bar ... welded
Thanks for the replies, I feel a little more confident. The mechanic welded the bar with special (and expensive) electrodes. He made me pay a little in advance so he could go buy these because he only had regular ones. Also he let the TB cool down a night before reïnstalling it, so I guess he knew w...
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:56 am
- Forum: L300 Technical
- Topic: Broken torsion bar ... welded
- Replies: 4
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Broken torsion bar ... welded
Hi, we're a Belgian couple traveling in a L300 4WD from New York to Rio De Janeiro. After 7 monthes and 30.000km we made it to the Cordillera Blanca in Peru. Doing a bumpy mountainroad yesterday, suddenly we heard a loud 'snap'. And there it lay, in a dustcloud behind us, the left torsion bar, broke...