dagwoodzz Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Posting a question for Bobby He lost a his h2o pump and is replacing along with t-chain. Followed all the directions for the t-belt install and lined up motor, sprockets, and belt. Started it up to check and fired up nicely, but smelled smoke. Went back to inspect and the timing cover was touching the belt. fixed and no problem. Doing so he noticed the belt marks no longer lined up with the motor and sprocket. What caused this? did the belt stretch or somehow jump a couple of teeth? He question is "Since the timing is fine, should he remove the belt and re-install with the belt marks in the correct place. I told him if it runs fine, leave it alone but I really dont know. Has anyone else had this happen, does the belt stretch? Should he take it back down and re-install the belts with marks in the correct place? Anyway he is at his dad's with no internet, so if someone with some belt experience could chime in I'll pass it on. Thanks, Dag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 The marks may be off a bit if it's not back at TDC. They only align properly once every 4-5 rotations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Another thing, if the belt was rubbing enough to smoke then he should consider a new belt. Last thing he needs is for the rub to shorten the life of this belt and cause it to break on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 the last timing belt I put on, if I had followed the directions, would ahve ruined my motor. They put lines and arrows on it to indicate direction, spacing, etc but something seemed wrong when I went to position it. The instructions said to put the arrows 'in' and if I did that, the marks were way off. IF I flipped it over and pointed the arrows out, it was fine. Most important part is the number of teeth between the cams sprockets and to the drive shaft. Get that right and screw the markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Agreed, I always count the teeth between the marks before I trust them as being right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 x3 count the spacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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