h22aseemsgood

im trying to tighten my timing belt on my h23 tensioner and it will get tight in certain spots on the belt and then loose in some spots how do i get it tight all over?

TurboSI2nR

if your looking at it (i hope i remember correctly) the crank will spin clockwise. you have to get your belt tight and hold the cams in place then tighten the tensioner so that when you let everything go the slack is made up by the tensioner ever though the " tension" on the belt is between the cam sprockets and crank gear which is prolly why your having trouble. hope that did something for you if not sorry and good luck.

h22aseemsgood

thast it when i let it go it will get real stiff on the exhaust and intake side of the belt, but when i turn the car on i can see the belt moving a lil bit, i want tension all over so no matter what the belt is tight every where, how any times will i need to tension the belt for it to be tight all over? and chiltons also says , rotate the cranshaft counterclockwise, until the camshaft pulley has moved 3 teeth , then tighten the adjuster nut, do u do this more then once for the belt to tighten it all the way around?

93h22a1vtec

...how do u know when it is at the right tension? i think mine is to tight, but it doesnt make a wine noise or anything

SteveoBA8

Buy a manual $20(chiltons) Use the H23 timing belt tenisoning procedure.

Loosen the adjusting nut 1turn
Tighten the adjusting nut
Turn the engine counterclockwise until the cam sprocket has moved 3 teeth.
Loosen the adjusting nut 1/2 turn, tighten it again.



Modified by SteveoBA8 at 5:17 PM 3/5/2006

TheWalrus

i am pretty sure this is procedure:
loosen adjusting nut no more than 2/3 turn,
turn crank counterclockwise 3 teeth on the camshaft pulley
tighten adjusting nut

after i did this i looked at the t belt with the car running and thought it was too loose, so i pulled up on the lever with the t belt tension spring and then tightened the adj nut, i dont think that spring is strong enough to make the belt tight enough...imo there is no such thing as too tight, though making it REALLY tight will cause your water pump bearings to wear faster

h22aseemsgood

i fixed it guys very simple, thanks for all the input

wle05

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Hi was wondering what you did to solve the problem because i am having the same problem any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.