I am nearly finished putting a new timing belt on my wife's 2000 camry 4 cyl...I have the cam sprocket hole lined up with the dimple and have the belt temporarily in place on everything but the cam sproket (belt is on crank pulley, water pump, tensioners, oil pump etc). Every time I try to move the crank to line up the timing mark with the zero...it gets really hard to turn (clockwise) at about 5 (before the zero)...when I push hard enough to get the crank to move, it jumps past the zero...very frustrating...any ideas or advice ?
artie in miami
Don't ya just hate it when that happens. It's very annoying. You can buy one at Amazon or maybe rent on locally.
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-38220-Universal-Cam-Adjuster/dp/B0002SQZPO[/ame]
If you can't find one, then just make one. You can use a 2x4, drill a couple of holes in it the correct spacing to engage the holes in the cam sprocket. Get a couple of 1/2" bolts, maybe 3" long so they stick out an inch past the 2x4 and you are good to go. If you have any 1" pipe laying around that would be better. A trip to Home Depot's plumbing department might be in order.
Edit:
Now that I think about it, you would probably be better off not using a piece of pipe, but rather go over to the section where they sell steel, and get some flat bar stock. Maybe 1/4" or 3/8" thick, by 1 1/2"-2" wide ought to do it. Be sure to position the bolts with the hex head protruding so they can engage behind the holes in the pulley. If you expose the threaded end of the bolts, it will slip out.
Re-Edit As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's something I threw together to show you what I mean by positioning the bolts.
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