This message is a reply to an archived post by cbrspdfrk on March 11, 2009 at 19:17:55.
The original subject was "Re: deutz timing belt".
The Deutz is far from being a crap engine that requires a lot of maintenance. I've replaced a dozen or so of the broken belts, and the breakages have occurred at 5-6000 hours. The service schedule recommends replacement at 3000 hours, and it's an easy job to do. When I bought my timing pins, they were $80 for the set. You don't *really* need the tension gauge to do the job. If your belt does break, you won't bend any connecting rods or valves. You'll bend some pushrods, but they're intentionally made to be the weak link. If the engine was really wound up when the belt broke, you may also find some tweaked rocker arm bolts. In a couple of cases, I replaced broken timing belts on site with good used ones I kept on the shelf after replacing one as per the service schedule. Then, I bent the *bent* pushrods back as straight as I could so the equipment could stay on site to finish a job. Start to finish, it's about a two hour job and it requires no other parts. The rocker cover comes right off and the gasket can be re-used after adjusting the valves. No gaskets or seals are involved with the belt swap itself.
FWIW, we also have Deere, Cat, and Cummins engines on similar equipment in the fleet. They aren't cheaper or easier to maintain. Sometimes the exact opposite is true. With the Deutz there aren't any coolant/water pump/hoses/radiators/ etc. issues to worry about.
If anyone has any "crap" Deutz engines they want to get rid of.....let me know.
;-)
The original subject was "Re: deutz timing belt".
The Deutz is far from being a crap engine that requires a lot of maintenance. I've replaced a dozen or so of the broken belts, and the breakages have occurred at 5-6000 hours. The service schedule recommends replacement at 3000 hours, and it's an easy job to do. When I bought my timing pins, they were $80 for the set. You don't *really* need the tension gauge to do the job. If your belt does break, you won't bend any connecting rods or valves. You'll bend some pushrods, but they're intentionally made to be the weak link. If the engine was really wound up when the belt broke, you may also find some tweaked rocker arm bolts. In a couple of cases, I replaced broken timing belts on site with good used ones I kept on the shelf after replacing one as per the service schedule. Then, I bent the *bent* pushrods back as straight as I could so the equipment could stay on site to finish a job. Start to finish, it's about a two hour job and it requires no other parts. The rocker cover comes right off and the gasket can be re-used after adjusting the valves. No gaskets or seals are involved with the belt swap itself.
FWIW, we also have Deere, Cat, and Cummins engines on similar equipment in the fleet. They aren't cheaper or easier to maintain. Sometimes the exact opposite is true. With the Deutz there aren't any coolant/water pump/hoses/radiators/ etc. issues to worry about.
If anyone has any "crap" Deutz engines they want to get rid of.....let me know.
;-)
