Fiat 1996 Brava Service Manual page 58

Introduction
Planned maintenance
P4A12CX01
Bravo-Brava
Bravo- Brava 1581 16v
Position the vehicle on a lift, then:
- disconnect the negative battery lead;
- remove the right front wheel;
- remove the right wheel arch liner.
1. To gain access to the timing belt it is nec­
essary to remove the alternator drive belt
from the damper flywheel. In order to do
so, act on the tensioner fixing bolt shown
in the diagram.
2. After having removed the air intake pipe
near the upper part of the timing belt
shield, remove the spark plugs and posi­
tion the dial gauge by cylinder no. 1 using
support 1860895000; rotate the
crankshaft until T.D.C. is found.
3. Check that the reference (1) on the
damper flywheel is aligned with the refer­
ence (2) on the timing belt lower shield.
Also check that the reference on the fly­
wheel coincides with the reference on the
bell housing, as shown in the inset.
4. Remove the lower protective casing for
the flywheel from the bell housing, then
place flywheel lock 1860771000 in posi­
tion and remove the damper flywheel.
Then undo the upper and lower bolts fix­
ing the timing belt shield and remove it.
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