Wondering if anyone has done anything to loosen the belt without using the tool possibly making somthing.

also can timing be off 180 degrees when the marks are lined up? im installing cams and i know on our tractors i work on the can be but this looks like it can NOT be 180 off TDC is TDC

 

It is possible to make your own belt loosening tool with some threaded stock and a nut, I have seen the specs on the forum before but for the life of me I can't find it with the useless search feature that we have on here. I tried and tried I want the info myself.

As for timing, your cams will spin once for every 2 rotations of the crank. So you are right, if the marks are lined up to the notch on the valvecover then you indeed have TDC.

You can also look pull off the valve cover and look at the cams. All the lobes should be pointing out, all valves closed for cylinder 1. Obviously if you have the oilpan off you can also look from under and see the piston up at the top of its travel.

 

just order the tool from AMS. its fairly cheap

 

do it. i made one myself with some threaded stock and two nuts. used the exact same directions/specifications posted in a thread here. even ordered stronger steel stock.

well it wasnt strong enough and snapped a bit off. lubing it up did not help. that little bit that snapped off got stuck in the t-belt and i didnt notice it. good thing i had an extra set of valves laying around. xD

 

Hrmmm I ordered the tool but find it pretty useless. Everytime I have had to loosen the timing belt, the tensioner hole is never lined up horizontally anyway so I end up having to unbolt the tensioner and use a huge c clamp to realign and throw the grenade pin back in. I suppose I could try to rotate the rod next time, but it really isn't that hard to pull it off and put it back on.

 

http://www.jayracing.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=214
Have this tool kit. It's priceless...

 

I have made one out of all-thread. Really not that difficult, but the tools themselves are pretty cheap too. Definitely worth having around.

 

I just did my timing belt last week.


What I used was a large snap ring pliers with swappable tips.... I reversed them and they fit like a glove! lol I was able to get my pulley holes pointing vertical with no probs. That was also all I had in my garage.

 

oops, I misread the question hahahaa

Thought you was asking about the timing belt tensioner pulley alignment lmao

Yea the AMS tool works wonders 50 bucks well worth it

 

well what r u tryin to do swap cams, or do timing belt, if your tryin to swap cams, you dont need the tensioner tool, you can just ziptie the timing belt onto the cam gears, just make sure ur timing marks line up on the valve cover first....then reset them to same spot after...done it personally before without using my timing belt tensioner tool. i was gonna say if u lived in socal, id let u borrow mine.

 

What size thread is that and how the hell do you tighten it and loosen it lol

 

I'm looking to build one myself

 

just a heads up try and get the highest grade threaded rod you can , I use a cheap one once and all i did was snap it

 

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...oner-tool.html

Threads through the motor mount bracket. Use wd40 and a high grade all thread

 

Buddy of mine made one yesterday and it worked perfectly. Bought some 5/16 rod at Lowe's and he has a metric tap and die set. Didn't even thread the opposite side to use two bolts for screwing it in. It moved easily enough with just a plier, in and out.