Please help!! Timing belt teeth shreding off as I turn it to TDC
Apr 12, 2019, 06:05 PM
#16
Pull it off and add grease. Make sure it does pivot to keep tension. Also, rotate your crank slightly to see if #1 piston goes up or down. If down, then it's 180° off to TDC, so take that into account if you want to set timing at TDC (you will be off by 180°. Lol
Apr 13, 2019, 10:48 AM
#20
The bolt came off with no trouble but the arm was stuck.Thankfully after some PB blaster and wiggling I was able to get it off. Everything else came off smoothly and after a little break I'll be putting everything back together, with a generous dose of grease on the pivot arm. Any suggestions on type of grease? Is anti-seize not appropriate for this?
Apr 13, 2019, 12:01 PM
#21
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Apr 13, 2019, 12:35 PM
#23
The bolt came off with no trouble but the arm was stuck.Thankfully after some PB blaster and wiggling I was able to get it off. Everything else came off smoothly and after a little break I'll be putting everything back together, with a generous dose of grease on the pivot arm. Any suggestions on type of grease? Is anti-seize not appropriate for this?
Apr 14, 2019, 08:03 PM
#26
Yup, knew about the balance shaft phasing. Wanted to make sure about the crank
Well I tend to be on the careful side after spending thousands of dollars and dozens of hours rebuilding the engine :P I'll definitely be rechecking the timing belt tension every oil change from here on out though. I wonder if the fact that I don't have my upper timing cover on (due to 4g64 block) led to the issue with the arm seizing (due to water). Or perhaps I overtorqued the bolt last time or didn't use enough grease, etc.
Well I tend to be on the careful side after spending thousands of dollars and dozens of hours rebuilding the engine :P I'll definitely be rechecking the timing belt tension every oil change from here on out though. I wonder if the fact that I don't have my upper timing cover on (due to 4g64 block) led to the issue with the arm seizing (due to water). Or perhaps I overtorqued the bolt last time or didn't use enough grease, etc.
Apr 15, 2019, 10:20 AM
#27
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Yup, knew about the balance shaft phasing. Wanted to make sure about the crank
Well I tend to be on the careful side after spending thousands of dollars and dozens of hours rebuilding the engine :P I'll definitely be rechecking the timing belt tension every oil change from here on out though. I wonder if the fact that I don't have my upper timing cover on (due to 4g64 block) led to the issue with the arm seizing (due to water). Or perhaps I overtorqued the bolt last time or didn't use enough grease, etc.
Well I tend to be on the careful side after spending thousands of dollars and dozens of hours rebuilding the engine :P I'll definitely be rechecking the timing belt tension every oil change from here on out though. I wonder if the fact that I don't have my upper timing cover on (due to 4g64 block) led to the issue with the arm seizing (due to water). Or perhaps I overtorqued the bolt last time or didn't use enough grease, etc.