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Timing belt slop while engine is idling.
Topic Started: Aug 19 2012, 02:37 PM (1,135 Views)
clarkdw


:gp I meant for Coche Blanco.

Check your crank sprocket to see if it is loose or your cam sprocket.
Edited by clarkdw, Aug 19 2012, 08:42 PM.
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Coche Blanco
Aug 19 2012, 08:39 PM
starscream5000
Aug 19 2012, 08:35 PM
Coche Blanco
Aug 19 2012, 08:33 PM
Is it out of adjustment?
Can you elaborate a little more?
Is the slot fully maxed out? This may have something to do with your engine being a tooth off, intentionally.
Which slot? The distributor? It's just about in the middle. I swapped cams this weekend and it's no longer advanced one full tooth. The tensioner slot isn't maxed out either, it's got a little further left to go before being maxed out. It was looser earlier until I tightened it up some.
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starscream5000
Aug 19 2012, 08:47 PM
The tensioner slot isn't maxed out either, it's got a little further left to go before being maxed out. It was looser earlier until I tightened it up some.
Max it out, see if it helps.
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clarkdw
Aug 19 2012, 08:40 PM
:gp I meant for Coche Blanco.

Check your crank sprocket to see if it is loose or your cam sprocket.
I haven't messed with the crank sprocket at all, but I'll check it later on. The cam sprocket is torqued to spec with blue locktite on it.
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Problem solved. It was a rookie mistake on my part. I pushed down on tensioner slide thinking "righty tightly, lefty loosey". Nuh uh. Then tensioner slide works like a left hand thread. So when I thought I had tightened it up earlier, I actually made it more loose. :smackface

The tension side only has a slight flopping to it now and the loose side is much better as well.
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clarkdw


Are you sure your tensioner is assembled correctly? It should tighten up when pushed down. The spring tension pulls down on the tensioner slide.
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clarkdw
Aug 19 2012, 10:45 PM
Are you sure your tensioner is assembled correctly? It should tighten up when pushed down. The spring tension pulls down on the tensioner slide.
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He had me scratching my head too. Right, the spring pulls down the slide and tightens the belt. Or atleast thats how it was meant to be.
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clarkdw
Aug 19 2012, 10:45 PM
Are you sure your tensioner is assembled correctly? It should tighten up when pushed down. The spring tension pulls down on the tensioner slide.
It could very well not be in there right. I never took it all the way off, but the tab on the back of the slide could not be in the right hole. That's a project for another weekend though. It's tight right now and the bearing is torqued, so it's not going anywhere for now. Thanks for letting me know about that though. It's been a couple of years since I've done a timing belt job, but I was wanting to think that it needed to be pushed down and not pulled up.
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