SBD 2.0L XE Pre93 Cam Belt Idler Reinforcement Kit

This is an idler support kit for the pre-93 2.0L XE cam belt.  The design has been created to overcome a potential problem that occasionally occurs.  If a shock loading is applied to the cam belt either under competition, track day or fast road use usually generated by rapid downshifts, this additional force can occasionally provide excess loads causing the bolts to shear and an idler to fall off.  Everything moves at different speeds and catastrophic failure occurs as valves contact pistons.

The new idler support bracket kit triangulates the loads and significantly improves the strength in this area by putting the bolt into double shear supporting each idler across three posts.

The new idler support bracket kit allows the use of either 2 x CMB-T1s (as shown on our display engine) or you can use the original tensioner idler and remove its support bracket. The CMB-TI-MNT-01K will then hold the bearings in position and you use the water pump, which is offset to tension the cambelt.

Please the torque setting link for the XE engine at the bottom of the page.