Took the head off, slipped the timing belt off, put a head back on, the timing belt gave some slack. Put the timing belt back on, the cams are in, the timing is correct, but the timing belt has a bunch of slack, please tell me there is a way to tighten it without pulling the pulleys off. I tried turning the motor backwards because I heard this gives the auto tensioner tension, but instead it made the belt skip a tooth. Please help, I have to have this done.

Thanks

 

if you read the manual you know to loosen the tensiner and then leave it loose and turn the motor over by hand 4 times and then tighten the tensiner and that works well.

 

There is a rubber plug that covers the 14mm bolt for the tensioner, you loosen the tensioner and turn the crank pulley conuter clockwize, while you do that you have to tighten the tensioner bolt(14mm one) then you done. 98ctr

 

its a 14 mm bolt

 

thats what I said.

 

Do you have to get the crank pulley off to get to the tensioner, that is what it looks like, thats what the manual said. Still working...

 

all u have to do is to undo that rubber plug and loosen it.

 

1. REMOVE RUBBER PLUG
2. LOOSEN BOLT
3. TURN CRANK PULLEY COUNTER CLOCKWIZE
4. TIGHTEN BOLT
5. DONE.