mike123 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I bought a 95 pathfinder from a junk yard that looks great inside and out. The yard owner said the previous pathfinder owner had replaced the timing belt but couldn't start it. I opened up the crank covers, lined up all the appropriate marks and discovered there were 45 teeth between LH cam and crank gear dimples. I reset the belt with 43 teeth to the crank and 40 teeth between the cam sprockets. All the marks line up and the teeth between dimples according to spec. When I reinstall the crank pulley, the TDC mark is off to the right about 90 degrees. Don't know what's up. Any ideas? Thanks from Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Separate the pulley from the harmonic balancer via the six 10mm bolts and rotate it until it lines up. Furthest left timing mark is TDC. Edited January 25, 2014 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I bought a 95 pathfinder from a junk yard that looks great inside and out. The yard owner said the previous pathfinder owner had replaced the timing belt but couldn't start it. I opened up the crank covers, lined up all the appropriate marks and discovered there were 45 teeth between LH cam and crank gear dimples. I reset the belt with 43 teeth to the crank and 40 teeth between the cam sprockets. All the marks line up and the teeth between dimples according to spec. When I reinstall the crank pulley, the TDC mark is off to the right about 90 degrees. Don't know what's up. Any ideas? Thanks from Hawaii. Separate the pulley from the harmonic balancer via the six 10mm bolts and rotate it until it lines up. Furthest left timing mark is TDC. If someone took the crank pulley apart, just like kingman said, it could be reassembled incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWBSTER87 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 is the far left timing mark also TDC on a 92 the manual only has 6 marks but my pulley has 7 slightly confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Were you at TDC for cyl #1 when all the marks were aligned? Who knows what the PO did... As for the pully having more marks, maybe it isn't the original motor or pulley? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF600 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I have 7 on mine. I have a 95. Very confusing indeed. The marks on mine go like this. -5 0 5 10 15 20 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manik Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 With the pulley off of the crank balancer and #1 piston at TDC and all timing marks lined up, there should be a line on the balancer that lines up with the pointer on the timing cover. Align this mark with the marks on the balancer. On my 95, there are seven marks, when all is aligned correctly, there should be one mark to the left of TDC and the remaining to the right. All should be correct at this point. The timing mark on the crank and the timing mark on the balancer do not coincide, they are about 160 degrees apart, which is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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