Timing belt issues

[mlwest]

Got my 92 EX motor hanging on an engine stand and I sure would feel better about life KNOWING that I've got the various pulleys EXACTLY as they should be after I get through replacing the water pump and belts. I suspect I may have gotten the cam pulley off a tooth while rotating the crank.

The documentation I've got shows how to maintain the relationships but not how to start from scratch.

Might anyone out there be able to point me to some good documenation?

Help

[GrayCar]

Ok, to reset the timing from scratch...

Cam pulley - Rotate the cam pulley until the rotor on the distributor is pointing at #1 TDC. There are two contacts in the rotor, one long, one short. Have the long one pointing towards the front of the car. Then on the cam pulley there is a mark that says 'UP', that should be pointing up. Then to get it exact, there are two marks at 90 and 270 degrees on the cam pulley, make sure those are even with the cylinder head. Lay a square or something on the head to line them up.

Crankshaft - Rotate the crankshaft until you get the #1 piston at TDC. You check for this by removing your spark plugs and sticking a feeler down the plug hole. #1 piston is closest to the cam pulley. #1 and #4 will both be up at the same time, check these against #2 and #3 to make sure. Then to get it exact, there is a view hole on the top of your bell housing forward of the block. There is a site that you line up with your eyes like a gun site. A v-shaped site with a pointer below it. Line your vision up with that and look for a long mark across the flywheel. When those line up your good. Also, the key on the crankshaft will also be pointing straight up and line with with a mark on the oil pump cover.

Front balance shaft - This has two marks to line up with. On the shaft, there is a mark at 0 degrees that will line up with a mark on the oil pump cover. After you get the spocket on, there is a mark on there at 270 degrees that will line up with another mark.

Rear balance shaft - On the back of the block there is a 12mm bolt that needs to be removed. Remove that bolt and you can stick a 6mm allen wrench or Philips screwdriver in there. Rotate the rear balance shaft until you can stick that wrench/driver all the way in there. There is a hole in the rear balance shaft that it will fit into. It's an odd feel, at one position you can get the wrench/driver part way in but if you rotate the shaft back the other way, it will fall out. That's not it. Rotate it again until you get to where you can wiggle the shaft without the wrench/driver coming easily out.

That's it, put your belts on, set tension and away you go!

[mlwest]

Thanks GrayCar - very much appreciated

[GrayCar]

Cool man, good luck. I just did this service, screwed it up (forgot to tighten the nut holding the front balance shaft sprocket on) but my loss is your gain!