im having a problem getting a timing belt tight and ive heard a few people mention sticking a hanger down in the timing cover and yanking on the spring to get it to tension tighter. ive never had this problem before. can someone THOROUGHLY explain this to me please? thanks in advance

 

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worst comes to worst i would take the lower cover off and pry the tensioner up with a screwdriver.

 

did you move the crank pulley 3 teeth counter clock wise then tighting the tensioner?

 

I had the same problem with the tensioner, no matter how many teeth i turned it CC it never tensioned.

Its all in where u keep the slack on the belt

 

this is how i do it.
unravel the hook end like you would when trying to break into your car after locking the keys in it. straighten out the hook and make a hook about 1/4 the size. then stick it bettween the cover and block and try and pull up on the lever that the spring is attached to on the tensioner. you can pull on the spring but sometimes you can pull it off the post if you do that then you have to take the timming belt cover off. when doing this make sure all of the slack is on the right side (intake side). hope this helped.

 

thanks limpy. i wasnt sure if i was supposed to actually pull the spring off the post, seemed kinda risky to me but its a last resort and if that doesnt work the timing cover has to come off anyway


does anyway know what causes this????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by limpy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">when doing this make sure all of the slack is on the right side (intake side). hope this helped.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How would you make sure the slack is on the intake side? Isn't the slack always on the exhaust side?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ebelp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How would you make sure the slack is on the intake side? Isn't the slack always on the exhaust side?</TD></TR></TABLE>
get everything lined up and then turn the exhaust cam clock wise, then the intake and it will put all of the slack on the intake side of the motor.

 

tried the hanger trick and it worked like a charm. i accidently pulled the spring off the post but didnt have a problem getting it back on at all. thanks guys

 

your welcome... glad it helped.