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Mar 22, 2007 | 05:05 PM

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Timing belt?

i just put a new timing belt on my ls. but for some reason when the belt moves it gets tight, lose, tight, lose when the crank turns right in the front where you can see it. is it supposed to do that??? i would think not but let me know b/c i need to get my car running... thanks

Mar 22, 2007 | 05:39 PM

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i would recheck the tensioner to start with

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Mar 22, 2007 | 07:19 PM

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what she said ^^^^ a little play is ok but check the tensioner

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Mar 22, 2007 | 07:23 PM

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sounds like you didnt adjust the tensioner right... I did a timing belt on a 94 LS and had to adjust it twice to get it right.

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Mar 23, 2007 | 03:42 PM

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be sure you are not turning the motor backwards. Hondas rotate counterclockwise.

Mar 23, 2007 | 08:33 PM

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If it is going loose tight loose tight then it sounds like something is bent or out of round. I dont see how the tensioner could make it go tight loose etc etc. Make sure the tensioner is locked in place & rotate & see at what point it changes from loose to tight.

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Mar 23, 2007 | 08:42 PM

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did you properly rotate the assembly. your suppose to tighten your tensioner, turn the motor over by hand from the crank 3 times. then check the tensioner once again/

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Mar 23, 2007 | 09:06 PM

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Mar 24, 2007 | 08:07 AM

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it will do that a LITTLE bit, but the tentioner is what fixes that.. pm alpha and ask him his suggestion, they got mine right whhen i couldnt get it

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Mar 24, 2007 | 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by sprjit22

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i guess it all depends on what he's calling lose and tight, and also the direction that he's rotating the crank.
but yeah, if you're rotating the crank counter clock wize smoothly, and the belt gets tight in a certain position and then pretty loose when turned a lil more, and then back really tight again, it's got to be something bent, or something stuck in the teeth on one of the spockets.
i helped a guy that was having that same problem a while back, and he had a few peices of old T belt stuck in the teeth of the crank sprocket.
his motor sheared the teeth off of his belt and i guess it was pretty hot when it did it so some of the belt teeth kinda glued theirself in the sprocket teeth.

now on the other hand, if there is just a lil variance in the tight and loose, it could just need to be tightend a lil more. epecially if you're turning the crank backwards or kinda sloppy like stop start stop start.
it all depend's on just how loose and tight we're talkin about here!