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Timing belt problem.HELP!!

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97 4G63

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Mar 27, 2006
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I finished my 6bolt swap a couple of weeks ago and i couldn't be any happier it was a total success whith not one problem at all and compression on all 4cyl is great.
Till i ran into this problem it seems like the timing belt rides in the inside of the cam gears and it's getting wornout everything is brand new on the timing belt side including the tensioner there all brand new oem parts but the only thing that i did not replace was the tensioner arm. i remember that the arm had a bit of slack to it side to side.
I've read on other threads that this could be a problem if the tensioner arm gets wornout but i can't seem to find a solid answer to this problem i've been looking for a new arm online but nobody seems to have them:cry: does anybody know where i can purchase this online? Thanks for any help.
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I had a semi similar issue, I'll just spit out random stuff and hope it helps. I once did a 6 bolt swap and tensioned the tensioner pulley the wrong way and the lip of the tensioner pulley ended up serrating a portion of the timing belt teeth. Of course, I don't think it's your issue.


http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/art...l-installing-timing-timing-belt-6bolt-2g.html


There really isn't much in the timing system. The first thing I outlined was that you need to use the 1G tensioner arm with the 2g motor mount. If you don't, the tensioner pulley position and depth gets all messed up in relation to the autotensioner rod.

I would clean up the mess in there and have a look at the tract in which the timing belt is rotating on. A freak accident could be a bolt or something slicing into the inside of the timing belt (I had a bolt do that once too :rolleyes:). My first guess would be that the tensioner was set too tight (did you check the gap?) and it is causing the belt to walk right into the crank angle plate (the circular plate behind the crank sprocket).
 
Thanks for the reply blcknspo0ln I purchased a new timing belt tesioner arm from mitsu but i still have to wayt for it to get here. because the one i had on there had to much play (side to side) way more than the 7bolt tesioner arm.
So once i get that i will clean up the mess and go from there i hope that's my problem.
Also thanks for the link it was very helpfull when i was doing my timing belt the first time.:thumb:
 
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