I've been changing my timing belt over the past few days and need some help from those of you who have done this before. Or from those of you who have a Bentley manual. Yes yes I know I need to get one. But can someone please tell me how you remove the harmonic balancer from the crankshaft! I'm assuming its just those allen bolts around it, but are those reverse thread or anthing tricky? Also, does anyone know and easy way to replace the valve cover gaskets? Mine leak very slightly so I figured I'd replace them while my car is down and torn apart. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

 

They are not reverse thread which I found weird but it depends on if Audi used the 180 degree torque past ones in certain places, you know what I mean? Allen's can go either way depending on the car manufacturer. The valve covers have no trick they are straight forward except for when you go to put the new one in you will see that on the back corner there is literally a corner where the gasket is even molded into a corner, put that in first and make sure it stays in.