'97 Camry timing belt
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From: kanddflan on 16 Mar 2007 13:23 I'm about to replace the timing belt on my '97 Camry 4 cylinder. The Chilton instructions mention setting the number 1 cylinder to TDC of the compression stroke. How do you do that on this engine? thanks
From: Daniel on 16 Mar 2007 13:57 kanddflan(a)att.net wrote: > I'm about to replace the timing belt on my '97 Camry 4 cylinder. The > Chilton instructions mention setting the number 1 cylinder to TDC of > the compression stroke. > How do you do that on this engine? > thanks ======= See: http://oregonstate.edu/~tongt/camry/index.html -- The #1 piston needs to be at TDC with both valves closed. You align the mark on the crankshaft pulley, and also the mark on the camshaft pulley. Makes it easier if you also mark the old timing belt and both sprockets with white out then transfer the marks to the new belt.
From: motoron on 16 Mar 2007 15:46 On Mar 16, 1:23 pm, kanddf...(a)att.net wrote: > I'm about to replace the timing belt on my '97 Camry 4 cylinder. The > Chilton instructions mention setting the number 1 cylinder to TDC of > the compression stroke. > How do you do that on this engine? > thanks There is a hole on one of the can shaft pulley's 'arms'. That is suppose to line up with a mark on the head/valve cover which is at 12 o'clock. The crankshaft pullet has to be set before you take it off. There is a notch on the pulley that matches a notch on the lower timing cover. Once both pulley's match there marks then you are ready to proceed.
From: motoron on 16 Mar 2007 15:53 On Mar 16, 3:46 pm, "motoron" <ngmod...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 16, 1:23 pm, kanddf...(a)att.net wrote: > > > I'm about to replace the timing belt on my '97 Camry 4 cylinder. The > > Chilton instructions mention setting the number 1 cylinder to TDC of > > the compression stroke. > > How do you do that on this engine? > > thanks > > There is a hole on one of the can shaft pulley's 'arms'. That is > suppose to line up with a mark on the head/valve cover which is at 12 > o'clock. > > The crankshaft pullet has to be set before you take it off. There is a > notch on the pulley that matches a notch on the lower timing cover. > > Once both pulley's match there marks then you are ready to proceed. Correction: I can't remember if it is a notch or it lines up with the number 0 on the back cover.
From: Daniel on 16 Mar 2007 17:18
motoron wrote: > There is a hole on one of the can shaft pulley's 'arms'. That is > suppose to line up with a mark on the head/valve cover which is at 12 > o'clock. == Both cam and crank marks are vertical relative to the engine block - but remember it is canted rearward. With practice, you'll notice a casting mark that aligns with the key in the crank at TDC. For the cam mark a round toothpick worked best for me initially - to feel the indentation behind that tiny opening and ensure the mark was directly in the center. |