cam belt template

[washout39]

Hi Guys,
at the moment as you can probably see by the amount of threads I'm putting down range I'm doing some major work on my old girl at the moment. I just lined up the cams and TDC and used the template from this site only to find the rear cam is not on 69 degrees but is actually sitting on 66 degrees. Would this difference make any major difference to the running of the engine, since if it is supposed to I'm not feeling it, she still has heaps of get up and go and hasn't had any problems. Any info would be great !!

Cheers
Trevor (Townsville Australia)

[Alfisto Steve]

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Originally Posted by washout39 Hi Guys, at the moment as you can probably see by the amount of threads I'm putting down range I'm doing some major work on my old girl at the moment. I just lined up the cams and TDC and used the template from this site only to find the rear cam is not on 69 degrees but is actually sitting on 66 degrees. Would this difference make any major difference to the running of the engine, since if it is supposed to I'm not feeling it, she still has heaps of get up and go and hasn't had any problems. Any info would be great !! Cheers Trevor (Townsville Australia)

[washout39]

Hey Steve,
all I know is I have turned the engine through TDC 4 times and it dosen't make a difference to where the rear pulley mark comes to rest. What I can make out though is whoever did the job before has marked the pulleys with a white marker and these are all lining up, but it still puts the back pulley out on the template by about 4 degrees(66 rather than 69). so what do you think would be the next course of action? Should I just line the cam pulley up with the template or use the old marking. The only thing I can think of is at some stage the belt has jumped a tooth on that cam pulley somehow. Shouldn't I be seeing some sought of difference with the engine if one of the cams is a fraction out with the other (rough idling etc) If so I'm not.

Cheers
Trevor (Townsville Australia)

[Alfisto Steve]

Quote:

Originally Posted by washout39 Hey Steve, all I know is I have turned the engine through TDC 4 times and it dosen't make a difference to where the rear pulley mark comes to rest. What I can make out though is whoever did the job before has marked the pulleys with a white marker and these are all lining up, but it still puts the back pulley out on the template by about 4 degrees(66 rather than 69). so what do you think would be the next course of action? Should I just line the cam pulley up with the template or use the old marking. The only thing I can think of is at some stage the belt has jumped a tooth on that cam pulley somehow. Shouldn't I be seeing some sought of difference with the engine if one of the cams is a fraction out with the other (rough idling etc) If so I'm not. Cheers Trevor (Townsville Australia)