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#1 User is offline   BOK 

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:05 PM

A frequent problem of running 17" or larger rims when lowered is that you may unknowingly be gouging out a line in your front tyres...eventually this may lead to a blowout. You need to grind back the seam below, which is found in the inner wing, which can contact the tyre causing damage.
It is relevant because the Racing Puma has this area ground back, as standard, by the factory...


A pic of major front chassis components if you ever wanted to know exactly what your garage is charging you for or if you haven't a clue about what people are referring to on the forum...


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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:24 PM

wheres the ABS sensor??

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:31 PM

The ABS sensor isn't on view, but the cable coming towards you on the left hand side of the photo is the ABS cable biggrin.gif


Great pictures Colin, i had to grind away that bit after my first trip to the ring!
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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:32 PM

QUOTE (e3silversurfer @ Oct 27 2007, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wheres the ABS sensor??



It's on the wheels hub itself, you'll have to look behind the brake disc where you'll see a slotted ring. The sensor is mounted near the slotted ring look for the wire..
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Posted 27 October 2007 - 10:13 PM

Excellent photos BOK. ja_cool.gif

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 09:01 AM

A few more pics that might be useful...

Circled below is the location of the ABS sensor ring on the wheel hub




The arrow markings (circled) can only be found on cambelts fitted at time of manufacture (i.e. in the Cologne factory in Germany), therefore if your cambelt has these markings it is still on it's original cambelt. If you do not have these arrow markings, the belt has been changed subsequently.
NB: Don't assume the cambelt tensioner has been changed with the cambelt!


This is the infamous cambelt tensioner- it's plastic. As removed from my 41k miles Milly, you can see it's scored already.


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Posted 28 October 2007 - 09:14 AM

One would hope that the tensioner pulley is not made from the same plastic as the disintegrating heater control valve body.
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 01:10 PM


Is there any easy way of seeing if your cambelt tensioner has been changed with the cambelt???

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 01:15 PM

The tensioner is part of the cam belt replacement kit, so it should have been done.
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 04:29 PM

WRT that seam in the arch, is it as simple as just hacking it out with ye olde angle grinder then giving it a good coating of Hammerite?
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 05:12 PM

QUOTE (PumaVoodoo @ Oct 28 2007, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
WRT that seam in the arch, is it as simple as just hacking it out with ye olde angle grinder then giving it a good coating of Hammerite?


Yep, that's pretty much what Tickford did on the FRP.
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 07:26 PM

Super helpful Bok does it again.

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Posted 31 October 2007 - 07:34 PM

QUOTE (BOK @ Oct 28 2007, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The arrow markings (circled) can only be found on cambelts fitted at time of manufacture (i.e. in the Cologne factory in Germany), therefore if your cambelt has these markings it is still on it's original cambelt. If you do not have these arrow markings, the belt has been changed subsequently.
NB: Don't assume the cambelt tensioner has been changed with the cambelt!


Is that 100% definate? I'm sure mine has arrows but the garage I bought it from told me thay had changed the cam belt. Now I'm worried, she has done 61k and is 7 years old sad.gif
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 10:12 PM

QUOTE (Spooky70 @ Oct 31 2007, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is that 100% definate? I'm sure mine has arrows but the garage I bought it from told me thay had changed the cam belt. Now I'm worried, she has done 61k and is 7 years old sad.gif


The information I got was from a reliable source so I have no reason to disbelieve it...
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 10:16 PM

Hmm. One angry Spooky heading off to the dealer in a few days..... mad.gif
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 10:20 PM


The guys who work on my Puma, Tremona Garage, ALWAYS show me the old parts taken off the car...that's how I took the photos. I ask for them to be binned anyway but it's reassuring to see the old bits.

That way you are in no doubt the job has been done and you are satisfied they haven't tried to pull a fast one (unlike some other specialists I wouldn't care to mention...)
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 10:34 PM

The only reason I bought the car was because they agreed to do the cam belt, I said I wasn't interested in it unless they did as it was well overdue. Its on the invoice and they noted it in the service book. NOT impressed.
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Posted 01 November 2007 - 01:30 PM

QUOTE (Dogsbody @ Oct 28 2007, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The tensioner is part of the cam belt replacement kit, so it should have been done.



Not necessarily as you can buy the cambelt on its own without the kit.
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Posted 01 November 2007 - 03:24 PM

great pictures Colin ja_cool.gif I can confirm my old cam belt too has arrows on it, just looked in the garage.
QUOTE (Dogsbody @ Oct 28 2007, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The tensioner is part of the cam belt replacement kit, so it should have been done.

sadly I do not believe this has been the case, it is only recently that the awareness of the importance of changing this has come to light so I don't think you can assume that all cam belt changes have been done using the kit.
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Posted 02 November 2007 - 12:35 AM

Well, had the cover off mine today to double check, and the belt still has arrows on it. Phoned the dealer I bought my Puma from who said they had been invoiced for the new belt. I'm off there later today to do battle!
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