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Re: Engine timing belt replacement
Seems straight forward enough.
The pictures above show that the cam sprockets are 180-degrees out of time, because the cam sprocket marks are 180-degrees away from the timing cover marks. If the crank timing mark meets, then the cams are out of time.
If the crank timing mark is also 180 degrees away, then turning the crankshaft half a turn should make the cam and crank marks all line up, the belt marks mean nothing, the belt is just a fixed length connection between them.
If it is out of time, loosening the belt, and re-aligning the cam sprocket marks to the timing cover marks, and making sure that the crank timing marks meet, then buttoning back down, seems like an easy proposition.
Being particular about the belt's marks is irrelevant, because the belt doesn't really change length, or slip on those toothed sprockets. The belt is a fixed length, and spins the cogs at their specific rate. A belt like that shouldn't really even need marks, although they perhaps help to verify that the belt is the right length for the engine, by cooperating with the timing marks.
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Last edited by BoxerFanatic; 07-24-2009 at 11:05 AM.
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