So I spent a good 8 hours or so tinkering away at getting a new timing belt kit installed etc, only to come to a stuck water pump (we beat on it enough that corners of the aluminum sheared off but the thing will not budge...)
According to the TSB put out by Ford, you are supposed to leave the camshafts loose, put on the belt, tension it, and then tighten the camshafts in a 2 stage process...exhaust cam to 30-40 ft lbs, tighten intake to full 50 lbs, then finish exhaust to 80 ft lbs.
All of that is fine and dandy, but during that process the line up position of the tensioner moves, so it is no longer lined up as every tutorial/video I have seen says it should (none of them mention it moving after tightening the camshaft gears back down fully...)
Is this normal? Should the tensioner mark move off the alignment tab that you get right before tightening the camshaft gears??
According to the TSB put out by Ford, you are supposed to leave the camshafts loose, put on the belt, tension it, and then tighten the camshafts in a 2 stage process...exhaust cam to 30-40 ft lbs, tighten intake to full 50 lbs, then finish exhaust to 80 ft lbs.
All of that is fine and dandy, but during that process the line up position of the tensioner moves, so it is no longer lined up as every tutorial/video I have seen says it should (none of them mention it moving after tightening the camshaft gears back down fully...)
Is this normal? Should the tensioner mark move off the alignment tab that you get right before tightening the camshaft gears??
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