Wanted 200/300tdi crank locking tool wanted

I know the belt can be done without one (i have previously) but i figure one will save a bit of messing about.

Im in Devon, but its unbreakable enough for easy post.

I should have been more specific -

Its not the timing pins that im after - its the thing that screws onto the dampener and then rests against the chassis, to allow torque on the dampener bolt, without turning the engine. You can crack it with a breaker against the chassis, but doing it up to spec is more bother without the tool.


LRT 12 080 is the official number. There's a chap selling copies on ebay, but, at £60 a hit, i thought it better to ask if anyone here has a redundant tool, maybe left over from when they owned a 200 or 300?

Have you access to a welder?
I knocked one up out of bits of scrap.
I removed the pully first (4x 10mm head bolts iirc) use the pully to work out where to drill a couple of holes in a flat bit of plate or whatever , butcher out enough metal to clear the damper bolt head then weld it to a length of steel for the 'handle'
Took me around 1/2 hr works brilliant.
I post a PIC up...

Showing the business end. I only needed to use the 2 bolt holes, the one in the vee isnt necessary. I used 25mm angle and a length of box for the handle. Done 4 belts with it and no problems found either looseing or tightening.
Its not for sale, i still use it.

Ahh got you. You need to be a bit more specific though the 200 crank locking tool is much simpler (as in Flossies post) The 300 tool is completely different due to the one piece pulley design. (like in the pic') I think the 300 design can be used on the 200 but not the other way round.

Interesting.... Didn't know 200 and 300 were different in that area.

I'm not sure if this is a silly suggestion but is there any reason you can't put the thing in gear and chock the wheels. Breaker bar to crack the bolt?

By the time you've took up all the slack in the drive train you would have run out of leverage room.
There is no way to torqe it back up again properly either.

When you've taken up all the slack you take the socket off and rotate it so you've got more leverage.

To tighten back up chock the wheels in the opposite direction but use a torque wrench.

109inches said:

I'm not sure if this is a silly suggestion but is there any reason you can't put the thing in gear and chock the wheels. Breaker bar to crack the bolt?

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If the bolt is properly tight then you will pull the clutch round.

Flossie said:

Interesting.... Didn't know 200 and 300 were different in that area.

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On the 200 the pulley comes off separately from the boss that goes through the oil seal in the outer cam belt drive case, the 300tdi its in one piece .