Well I decided to change my valve springs with the head on the car. I made a tool to do it. The job is complete. It was still a son of a bitch. My spring compressor was a lever type so I had to get the keepers on one handed. My calves are ready to shoot out the back of my legs from leaning over the car for so long. Anyway, I zippy tied the cam sprockets to the timing belt in 4 places. Then I zip tied that to the a/c line to keep it propped up. I even put a white mark on the timing belt and on the sprockets and rotated the engine numerous times and finally the marks line up after rotating the motor over numerous times.
I'm not so sure I'm gonna get the answer I want but is there any way I can verify the timing is right without having to take the the side covers off? I guess how does a person know that the belt didn't sag during the project and then move a tooth when putting the sprockets back on?
Did you use anything to compress the tensioner? If not I'm pretty sure it sprung up and needs to be reset. Usually you have to take the side cover off to do anything with the timing belt.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by shoutbox
cmspaz: Someone buys me a rubber fist, and I'll rock it on my hood.
Yes, i used the Miller Tool tensioner tool to take the preload off the belt. I'm 99% sure it's fine but I'm probably gonna have to take the side covers off just to satisfy the 1%.
Checking timing after changing valve springs
Linear Mode
