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. Refer to Drive Belts, Mounts, Brackets and Accessories.
4. Remove crankshaft damper bolt, and remove damper. Refer to Removal and Installation procedure.
5. Remove generator belt idler pulley.

Figure 59:

6. Remove lower timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover (Fig. 59).
7. Lower vehicle and remove upper timing belt cover fasteners and remove cover.
8. Remove right engine mount and support bracket. Refer to Removal and Installation.

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.

Figure 60:

9. Before the removal of the timing belt, rotate crankshaft until the Top Dead Center (TDC) mark on oil pump housing aligns with the TDC mark on crankshaft sprocket (trailing edge of sprocket tooth) (Fig. 60).

NOTE: The crankshaft sprocket TDC mark is located on the trailing edge of the sprocket tooth. Failure to align trailing edge of sprocket tooth to TDC mark on oil pump housing will cause the camshaft timing marks to be misaligned.

Figure 61:

10. 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 (Fig. 61). While rotating the tensioner counterclockwise, push in lightly on the 1/8" or 3 mm Allen wrench, until it slides into the locking hole.
11. Remove timing belt.

CAUTION: If timing belt was damaged due to incorrect tracking (alignment), the belt tensioner assembly must be replaced. Refer to Timing Belt Tensioner Assembly Removal and Installation .

INSTALLATION
1. Set crankshaft sprocket to TDC by aligning the sprocket with the arrow on the oil pump housing.

Figure 62:

2. Set camshafts timing marks so that the exhaust camshaft sprocket is a 1/2 notch below the intake camshaft sprocket (Fig. 62).

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

Figure 63:

3. Install timing belt. Starting at the crankshaft, go around the water pump sprocket, idler pulley, camshaft sprockets and then around the tensioner (Fig. 63).
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.

Figure 64:

6. Once the timing belt has been installed and tensioner released, rotate the crankshaft two 2 complete revolutions. Verify that the TDC marks on crankshaft and timing marks on the camshafts are aligned as shown (Fig. 64).
7. Install right engine mount and support bracket. Refer to Removal and Installation.
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 generator belt idler pulley and tighten bolt to 54 Nm (40 ft. lbs.).
11. Install crankshaft damper.
12. Install accessory drive belts. Refer to Drive Belts, Mounts, Brackets and Accessories.
13. Install right inner splash shield.
14. Install right front wheel.