Timing Belt Removal and Installation

REMOVAL
1. Raise vehicle on hoist. Remove right front wheel.
2. Remove right inner splash shield.
3. Remove accessory drive belts.
4. Remove crankshaft damper bolt, and remove damper. Service and Repair




5. Remove lower timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover.
6. Lower vehicle and remove upper timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover.
7. Remove right engine mount and support bracket.

CAUTION: When aligning crankshaft and camshaft timing marks always rotate engine from crankshaft. Camshaft should not be rotated after timing belt is removed. Damage to valve components may occur. Always align timing marks before removing timing belt.




8. Align crankshaft and camshafts timing marks to Top Dead Center (TDC).




9. Install 6 mm Allen wrench into belt tensioner. Before rotating the tensioner insert the long end of a 1/8" or 3 mm Allen wrench into the pin hole on the front of the tensioner. While rotating the tensioner counterclockwise push in lightly on the 1/8" or 3 mm Allen wrench, until it slides into the locking hole.
10. Remove timing belt.

INSTALLATION
1. Set crankshaft sprocket to Top Dead Center (TDC) by aligning the sprocket with the arrow on the oil pump housing.




2. Set camshafts timing marks together by aligning notches on sprockets.

CAUTION: Ensure that the arrows on both camshaft sprockets are facing up.




3. Install timing belt. Starting at the crankshaft, go around the water pump sprocket, idler pulley, camshaft sprockets and then around the tensioner.
4. Move the exhaust camshaft sprocket counterclockwise to align marks and take up belt slack.

NOTE: A new tensioner is held in the wound position by a pull pin.

5. Remove the pull pin or Allen wrench from the belt tensioner.




6. Rotate crankshaft 2 revolutions and check the alignment of the timing marks.
7. Install right engine mount and support bracket.
8. Install upper timing belt cover bolts 4.5 Nm (40 inch lbs.).
9. Install the lower timing belt cover bolts 4.5 Nm (40 inch lbs.).
10. Install crankshaft damper. Service and Repair
11. Install accessory drive belts.
12. Install right inner splash shield.
13. Install right front wheel.