okay, what are the best tricks for sliding the timing belt back on? if you play with the tensioner does that mess the mechanical timing??

 

loosen tensioner, put the belt on the ex cam first, the slip on the intake side. turn so 3 teeth pass eachother, tighten tensioner. spin crank over few times to get the tension right while making sure it still lines up at tdc

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ruby Civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">okay, what are the best tricks for sliding the timing belt back on? if you play with the tensioner does that mess the mechanical timing??</TD></TR></TABLE>I would check and adjust timing after pulling the belt off everytime; so do it the right way and loosen the tensioner and slip the belt back on; then retighten the tensioner back up.

 

yea, it was no deal...just somebody told me not to touch the tensioner - stupid...

thanks,all

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by intekragsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">loosen tensioner, put the belt on the ex cam first, the slip on the intake side. turn so 3 teeth pass eachother, tighten tensioner. spin crank over few times to get the tension right while making sure it still lines up at tdc </TD></TR></TABLE>
that's what i do every time, never fails me try it and you'll never do it any other way!

 

oil

 

Let me ask you guys this,when your setting the cams to TDC do the cams ever have problems staying at TDC?When i did this to my friends ZC his cams move back like when your cranking the motor and it builds compression.I couldnt get both cams to stay at TDC and now the timing is all messed up.

 

If needs be you just reset the cam, try it over and over till you get it to the point of defeat. I did it multiple times before I had it righ on...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sinister &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If needs be you just reset the cam, try it over and over till you get it to the point of defeat. I did it multiple times before I had it righ on...</TD></TR></TABLE>

SO your saying to just keep spinning it till it stays put?I just spun it around a couple of times and nothing happened.

 

What I did was actually took the cam caps off, tok out the cam, rotated the motor by the crank, and set the cam back again. Soemtimes T-belts are a real bitch. You have to just work them. Start over, from the bottom up, it can take some time if you`re not familiar with it.

 

Damn thats alot of work.I have done belts before but the cams always stayed at TDC and never moved like his motor.What we ended up doing was hold each cam with wreches and then put the belt on but i know its supposed to be easier than that.

 

at first mine were turning (the ex side) and then i just kina messed with it so as it turned with putting on the belt it fell in perfectly

 

There should be a hole in the cams near the cam gear. I just put a L wrench in each hole to keep them from moving.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by intekragsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">loosen tensioner, put the belt on the ex cam first, the slip on the intake side. turn so 3 teeth pass eachother, tighten tensioner. spin crank over few times to get the tension right while making sure it still lines up at tdc </TD></TR></TABLE>

Im trying to tighten up my new tbelt. Installed belt. Tighten tensioner, crank it over and it does tighten but not very tight. I can still feel slack in the belt. WTF? Ive done the process according to the helms probably 5 times, it doesnt tighten all the way. Can someone give me some help??

 

hmm, are you getting a good purchase on the tensioner, cause i had to go back and really tighten mine up to get the last of the slack out....

 

My gears don't move at all.



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Tom

 

hmmm.. I wonder why...

 

that would be about how smart i have been on some of my swap sh--

 

spray lube and push really hard.

 

I wouldnt ever touch the belt with oil ...Its not reccomend to ever get oil on yoru belt . I just did my timing belt yesterday and all I can say was i put on some hevy duty gloves because that ****** belt ripps in my fingers. I put i on the exhaus cam first then slide decently easy over the intake gear. Good luck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridvteceg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">spray lube and push really hard.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't think that would be a very good idea, any belt that has been in oil should be replaced, your valves will thank you.

 

not oil. lubricant.

an Acura service technician told me this. plus i watched him do it to my car

 

loosen tensioner.....put one part of the timing belt on one of the gears so i barely grabs it....then push the other side over....works like a charm

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybridvteceg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not oil. lubricant.

an Acura service technician told me this. plus i watched him do it to my car </TD></TR></TABLE>

the only non-petrolium based lube I can think of is KY jelly, which I am definately not putting on my motor.

so what did the tech use?

 

Ah must loosen tensioner first I wasnt doing that heh

I dont think my new tensioner is good. I follow the helms instructions on tbelt tension adjustment and it doesnt tighten up very much. It takes some of the slack out of the tbelt but not enough to make it tight. What does that sound like? spring?


Modified by Muckman at 11:16 AM 7/8/2003