Havokk
Veteran Member
Ok guys and gals, i could use some of your creativity and experence to come up with a possible solution.
I had the crank at tdc and locked with a crank lock, the cam locked down with plate and feeler guages, and the ip locked in place.
I un pin the ip pump when i tighten the tensioner with the spanner wrench. Torqued down the cam sproket and check everything to make sure cam and fly wheele still at tdc and they were. Then i removed the cam locking plate and the crank locking plate.
Before i turn anything, the belt is like 1/4 of a tooth off on the ip pump but solid on the crank and cam.
I turn the engine at the crank and the belt seats its self on the ip and begins to move. I had marked the belt before moving it at the cam, crank and ip to see if any teeth skipped after i was done turning my crank.
Two complete turns of the engine and no contact between the valves and the pistion BUT.... While the fly wheel is at tdc, the cam and ip is off. I expected the ip to be off because of the belt seating it self but the cam?
So to get the plate back into the cam to lock it down to see how far off the crank is, i had to rotate the crank towards the radiator which was approximately 6 teeth.
What is a good solution for this, i back the engine two revolutions by hand to get back to where i had initially set everything, carefully.
So long story short, would it be a good idea to reset everthing and have the crank tdc moved 6 fly wheel teeth towards the fire wall to compensate for the slack being taken up on the ip.
Since the ip has already seated it self and and lined up with the belt teeth, previously off by 1/4 of a tooth, if i were to reset the crank to match the cam it shouldnt have the same problem of having the belt off it by 1/4 of a tooth.
Sorry for the extensive typing but i would like to hear what you might all say . No i did not use the paint and pray method, i followed bently to the letter and that walk though on here. Also thanks to everyone who has given me advise so far. No rush though, i have another car. Oh yeah the crank didnt meet up with the cam and ip locked in place when i started in the first place, it was off by like 3 or 4 teeth.
I had the crank at tdc and locked with a crank lock, the cam locked down with plate and feeler guages, and the ip locked in place.
I un pin the ip pump when i tighten the tensioner with the spanner wrench. Torqued down the cam sproket and check everything to make sure cam and fly wheele still at tdc and they were. Then i removed the cam locking plate and the crank locking plate.
Before i turn anything, the belt is like 1/4 of a tooth off on the ip pump but solid on the crank and cam.
I turn the engine at the crank and the belt seats its self on the ip and begins to move. I had marked the belt before moving it at the cam, crank and ip to see if any teeth skipped after i was done turning my crank.
Two complete turns of the engine and no contact between the valves and the pistion BUT.... While the fly wheel is at tdc, the cam and ip is off. I expected the ip to be off because of the belt seating it self but the cam?
So to get the plate back into the cam to lock it down to see how far off the crank is, i had to rotate the crank towards the radiator which was approximately 6 teeth.
What is a good solution for this, i back the engine two revolutions by hand to get back to where i had initially set everything, carefully.
So long story short, would it be a good idea to reset everthing and have the crank tdc moved 6 fly wheel teeth towards the fire wall to compensate for the slack being taken up on the ip.
Since the ip has already seated it self and and lined up with the belt teeth, previously off by 1/4 of a tooth, if i were to reset the crank to match the cam it shouldnt have the same problem of having the belt off it by 1/4 of a tooth.
Sorry for the extensive typing but i would like to hear what you might all say . No i did not use the paint and pray method, i followed bently to the letter and that walk though on here. Also thanks to everyone who has given me advise so far. No rush though, i have another car. Oh yeah the crank didnt meet up with the cam and ip locked in place when i started in the first place, it was off by like 3 or 4 teeth.