Hey guys, I have been doing my 60k service over the weekend and I have run into some issues. When I started the tear down, I made sure to align the crankshaft at TDC along with the cams at TDC. I was following the two DIY timing belt how to's from this forum to aid me as I went through and it all seemed to go quite smoothly. Now everything is off and I have replaced my water pump and started to put the tensioners back. This is when I noticed that the oil pulley and balancer belt sprocket seem to be off of their timing marks. Is this normal? I assume not since one of the manuals that I was using, shows them aligned.
Thanks in advance = )

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Not normal. You need to pay attention to the DIY instructions very closely and make sure you are not skipping over any steps...

The timing mark will move on you depending on how you are managing the slack in the balance shaft belt during stallation.

I copied this from the DIY I used off this site...

Link: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...placement.html

Note: The Crankshaft Sprocket B and Counterbalance Shaft Sprocket must be at TDC prior to installing the new Balance Belt. You will notice notches towards the left of the sprockets indicating TDC. Install the new Balancer Belt with tension towards the top and slack towards the bottom. Install the Balancer Belt Tensioner rotating clockwise with your hand until the tension is set, and then tighten the 12mm bolt to 14 ft-lb.

Hopefully this helps you out!

 

Damn, ok. It looks like I did miss the part about lining up the balancer. What would be the best way to realign them?

 

Pull the belt and reinstall. For the front one, you need to make sure you can put a screwdriver into the hole in the front of the block because of how the shaft is geared. it's only right like once every 5 turns of the gear or something weird like that.

 

Should I re-install the oem belt to rotate it around? I used a fancy Mitsubishi tool that I threaded into the block to hold it. Hopefully it worked

 

Bump, good luck

 

Remove the balance belt and rotate the balance shaft until the marks line-up, then reinstall the belt and tension.
It's the other balance shaft driven by the cambelt that's two revolutions to every one of the crank, so you can get it 360 degs out.
As suggested remove the bolt from the front of the block and insert a screwdriver to check position. Alternatively the timing mark on the pulley will fall back when held against the reference mark indicating the shaft is in the correct position.

 

^^ What he means is... When you place the oil pump cog with the arrow in the 12 O' clock position and let go, it should want to drift counterclockwise. Some of them don't really drift, you just have feel the difference in resistance.

You don't see too many people using that trick anymore, that's old school.