Hi all,
In the middle of my first TB job, aligned and realigned all 4 cams and crank perfectly before tensioning, or so I thought. The timing was off slightly when I went to remove the old belt, so I couldn't reference my own marks as the walkthrough says to. I've run the car for ~50 miles on this new belt before I took the timing covers off again to recheck the alignment.
Right now I have the belt tensioned, my crank is at TDC (oil pump arrow aligns perfectly with cam gear arrow), front cams perfectly aligned with the divot just below the top of the timing cover, rear exhaust was advanced a half tooth and is now in line with the rear timing cover divot. However, my rear intake cam mark appears to be exactly 1/2 tooth retarded (counterclockwise) versus the rear exhaust cam and the timing cover mark.
With some contortions and a mirror, I can took at the rear cams about perpendicularly so I don't believe the viewing angle is the problem.
I don't want to mess with the belt anymore if this is normal, but it seems like if I advance the rear intake by a tooth, then I will just be 1/2 tooth above the timing mark instead. Maybe I need to do this anyways, then see if tensioning the belt brings the rear marks into alignment?
Thanks for any help.
In the middle of my first TB job, aligned and realigned all 4 cams and crank perfectly before tensioning, or so I thought. The timing was off slightly when I went to remove the old belt, so I couldn't reference my own marks as the walkthrough says to. I've run the car for ~50 miles on this new belt before I took the timing covers off again to recheck the alignment.
Right now I have the belt tensioned, my crank is at TDC (oil pump arrow aligns perfectly with cam gear arrow), front cams perfectly aligned with the divot just below the top of the timing cover, rear exhaust was advanced a half tooth and is now in line with the rear timing cover divot. However, my rear intake cam mark appears to be exactly 1/2 tooth retarded (counterclockwise) versus the rear exhaust cam and the timing cover mark.
With some contortions and a mirror, I can took at the rear cams about perpendicularly so I don't believe the viewing angle is the problem.
I don't want to mess with the belt anymore if this is normal, but it seems like if I advance the rear intake by a tooth, then I will just be 1/2 tooth above the timing mark instead. Maybe I need to do this anyways, then see if tensioning the belt brings the rear marks into alignment?
Thanks for any help.
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