BigTyla
10+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 1, 2011
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Huntsville,
Alabama
I'm having a problem installing the timing belt on my 1G with a balance shaft delete. I have all of the timing belt install tools from Jay Racing to help me out, so I align the cam marks (with the dowel pins pointing up) and insert the cam keeper tool. Then I align the crank gear to TDC and point the arrow on the oil pump gear to its proper location (even though it's not necessary with the BSD). Then I put the belt on, starting with the cams and putting clips on the belt and cams to hold the belt in place, then around the idler pulley, oil pump gear, crank gear, and finally the tensioner pulley. Everything is properly aligned until I go to tighten the tensioner pulley. When I rotate it clockwise, it provokes a similar rotation on the crank gear, so by the time I have the tensioner pulley fully fastened, the crank gear is just a hair past TDC, so when I set the hydraulic tensioner and rotate the crank six revolutions, the timing is off by a tooth.
Any ideas on a remedy? I've spent at least four hours over two days trying to get this right and I'm very frustrated at this point. Maybe I should pull the cam keeper tool after securing the timing belt to the cams with clips? I've tried offsetting the cam gears by one tooth beforehand but that didn't work.
Funny how much experience I have working on cars and I can't get the timing on this one right!
Any ideas on a remedy? I've spent at least four hours over two days trying to get this right and I'm very frustrated at this point. Maybe I should pull the cam keeper tool after securing the timing belt to the cams with clips? I've tried offsetting the cam gears by one tooth beforehand but that didn't work.
Funny how much experience I have working on cars and I can't get the timing on this one right!
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