Cam timing woes related to driveshaft replacement...help!
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:08 pm
Hi all, well my GTV6 has been progressing nicely thanks to this forum. Today I had decided to drop the driveshaft, since the front guibo was cracked through, and pull the tansmission since I have very few operational syncros left. Everything was going well. I had a friend helping me and we put a big socket and ratchet on the crank to prevent the engine from moving any direction but clockwise while unbolting the shaft. Long story short we ended up with a detensioned timing belt. I had the plugs out of the engine, car in neutral so we could rotate the shaft. Since the belt detensioned, it may have jumped. We tried turning the motor clockewise but it was binding up. Don't know if it is the cam springs or intereference. Here is where I need advice:
My plan is to take off the belt, remove the cam journals and cams so I can reset everything as it should be. My questions are can I just unbolt the cam journals and slip them out after I have removed the belt? I appear to have the aftermarket tensioner, it doesn't match the ' 85 GTV6 factorymanual I have-no arm as referenced in the manual. How do I release and reset this tensioner?? Does pulling the cams and resetting everything sound like the best plan. I figure the valves will be seated, I can turn the crank to tdc and then install the cams. I appreciate more experienced peoples insight. Thanks Pierre
My plan is to take off the belt, remove the cam journals and cams so I can reset everything as it should be. My questions are can I just unbolt the cam journals and slip them out after I have removed the belt? I appear to have the aftermarket tensioner, it doesn't match the ' 85 GTV6 factorymanual I have-no arm as referenced in the manual. How do I release and reset this tensioner?? Does pulling the cams and resetting everything sound like the best plan. I figure the valves will be seated, I can turn the crank to tdc and then install the cams. I appreciate more experienced peoples insight. Thanks Pierre