Timing belt alignment with oil pump/balancer screwdriver trick. Where should I orient

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Oct 3, 2010 | 06:27 PM

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Timing belt alignment with oil pump/balancer screwdriver trick. Where should I orient

the oil pump timing belt gear???

I have the bolt out and the screwdriver can be inserted a few inches per manual but it is not a locking stop.... I can still spin the oil pump sprocket about 35 degrees... Do I center it in the middle of the swing???
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Oct 3, 2010 | 06:42 PM

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the oil pump timing belt gear???

I have the boly out and the screwdriver can be inserted a few inches per manual but it is not a locking stop.... I can still spin the oil pump sprocket about 35 degrees... Do I center it in the middle of the swing???
THANKS!

Align it with the arrow. The screw driver only lets you know that's it's not 360* out. the full cycle is 720*

Oct 3, 2010 | 07:03 PM

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Align it with the arrow. The screw driver only lets you know that's it's not 360* out. the full cycle is 720*

I am not able to align the white paint dot on the face of the oil pump gear with the arrow @ 11:00 without removing the screwdriver. (It will go to about 9:00 screwdriver in...)

Do I need to spin it more revolutions? (It is very close to where it was when I removed it).

I am repairing a 60k mi. service job where my local shop didn't tighten the crankshaft bolt.... Took out my crank sensor, plate and crank key was messed up a bit. Everything else is ok.

Lesson learned... If you have no time to do it yourself... FIND TIME.... or you'll be finding time to re-do it... lol.

Thanks!

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