timing belt - 1MZ-FE... need spanner wrench ?

[BobES300]

Guys, I'm doing a timing belt on a '96 ES and the instructions I got call for a spanner
wrench to be used. Do I need one ? If so, is it the type with the pins on the end or a
specific size ?

thanks,
Bob

[mnm]

Originally Posted by BobES300

Guys, I'm doing a timing belt on a '96 ES and the instructions I got call for a spanner
wrench to be used. Do I need one ? If so, is it the type with the pins on the end or a
specific size ?

thanks,
Bob

Just did mine (same year/model) I did not need a spanner wrench for anything. The hardest part was to get the harmonic balancer bolt loose. My impact wrench did not have enough torque. Borrowed a friend's and it came right out. Otherwise, it was a straight forward job.

[BobES300]

Did you loosen the cam and crank pulley bolts while the belt was still on ? Wondering how you
locked things in place in order to loosen the bolts ? I have an Ingerall Rand impact which should do the job.... was thinking that I could loosen the 3 bolts while the belt was
still holding everything in place. thanks for the advise so far...

Bob

[Toysrme]

Be sure you mark the original positions of the camshaft cogs BEFORE you take them off!!! And mark them well!!!

If there is absolutely no way they're comming off with an impact gun do this:
Take the valve covers off.
The camshafts are flat sided so that you can turn them with a wrench.

Put a wrench on the camshaft (adjustable works fine) and turn the cams until the wrench binds into the head.Now the camshaft bolt will come off willingly.

If the crankshaft pulley gives you trouble put a big 1/2" wratchet/brakerbar on it and wedge that agains the ground. Be sure the ignition is disabled!!! (take the wires off to the plugs)
Hit the starter and it will loosen the bolt. Take it off by hand. Starters are not meant for continuous running.
If you do that slide something like a long 3/8" extension down the #1 spark plug hole and find top dead center of the compression stroke. Align the camshafts so that the pair of dots on each gear, on the drivers side of the gears face each other.


Put everything back together and you're done.

[Toysrme]

If you can't loosen the bolts i.e they just spin the motor and camshafts. Do the above, or buy the wrench.

[BobES300]

thanks !

[abcdef]

I really need help on how to get the camshaft pulley out without taking the head cover off. will spanner wrench work since the pulley have no hole on them?. the pulley look exactly the the figure 14. on this site. please help http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBr...3d8013e607.jsp

[360glitch]

Originally Posted by Toysrme

Be sure you mark the original positions of the camshaft cogs BEFORE you take them off!!! And mark them well!!!

If there is absolutely no way they're comming off with an impact gun do this:
Take the valve covers off.
The camshafts are flat sided so that you can turn them with a wrench.

Put a wrench on the camshaft (adjustable works fine) and turn the cams until the wrench binds into the head.Now the camshaft bolt will come off willingly.

If the crankshaft pulley gives you trouble put a big 1/2" wratchet/brakerbar on it and wedge that agains the ground. Be sure the ignition is disabled!!! (take the wires off to the plugs)
Hit the starter and it will loosen the bolt. Take it off by hand. Starters are not meant for continuous running.
If you do that slide something like a long 3/8" extension down the #1 spark plug hole and find top dead center of the compression stroke. Align the camshafts so that the pair of dots on each gear, on the drivers side of the gears face each other.


Put everything back together and you're done.

Used the starter trick tonight and video'd it so I could see what happened if there was a catastrophic failure. Worked well.

You Tube

You Tube

[2507FJ]

What exactly are you call ing a spanner wrench? I've heard of a Valve wrench, but thats not what i need.

[Hajoca]

For the purpose of this post and to hold the cam still, it is referring to a open end wrench, or adjustable open end wrench.

Spanner is one of the more easily misused terms to describe a leverage tool.