I am getting mixed answers about the timing guides on my ka. I have heard that there are a timing guide or two that I don't need to use. Which one or ones is it?

 

KA24DE Timing Chain Guide removal precautions/instructions?: Nissan Online Mechanic: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

HOW-TO: Fix Your Timing Chain Rattle: Nissan Articles: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

read that

 

for the dohc. read..
Technical Articles: HOW-TO: Fix Your Timing Chain Rattle

and for the sohc. not so sure...

 

i'm hoping that when you say guides you are talking about the funny pieces of metal that the timing chain hits and makes noises, and not the little dots and marks that you use to set your timing...

just wanted to be sure, i've heard them both get called guides....

 

Yeah I was talking about the metal guides.

 

the top one is just shy of completly useless. i'm pretty sure its only purpose is if your chain breaks it won't hit the valve cover.... so yeah you can take that one out no problem.. the one on the side, i'm pretty sure you want or maybe even need that one...

 

the top and side guides for the upper chain are useless. remove them before they remove themselves and your chain and valves with it

 

Thanks for the help. Repped.

 

my upper guid broke cleanoff and was sitting ontop on the chain...took off the VC and a friend showed me what it was....i was lucky as fuck...if it had dropped down i would have been fucked

 

I had problems with the lower plasic guides before. One of them broke into a million pieces and clogged my pickup tube. So, now my s14 is motorless until I get my sr put together.