tjdzor
08-29-2012, 11:34 PM
So i bought my 97 Legacy a few months ago, put about 5-6k on it already, including driving it 2200mi down from Alaska. Shes been running like a champ, but me, not knowing the history of the car, and being glad to pay a bit now to make my car last and not have to worry about it when i really rely on her decided to replace the timing belt and such.
So i picked up an ebay timing kit, nothing crazy, but not bad, GMB idlers and an Aisin waterpump and such. Got a t-stat on the way, etc etc. Resealing my oil pump and whatnot to fix my oil leak and of course put in some cam and crank seals, all typical stuff ya would do.
I tear into the car tonight, and when i get the timing cover off, i could not for the life of me get the timing marks to line up, yes i'm using the right ones. The crank lines up, the passenger side cam lines up, but the drivers cam is 1-2 teeth off. So kept looking, kept trying, but no, so i finally took the belt off and compared it to the new one, sure enough, the marks i put on the belt lined up just right, but where the drivers cam really was is 2 teeth over. Counted teeth and it was 44 on the pass side, and just under 43 on the driverside. So i'm just a bit baffled because i thought this car was running like a champ! Maybe it will even run better now hah!
Am i doing something wrong? Heres a couple crappy pics
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/2123162284JPG-1.jpg
Orange mark is the notch on the cam pulley (not the arrow!)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/1822857956JPG-1.jpg
Sorry about the lighting, but i marked where the crank was (and lined up) with the dot on the far left, then going right is the direction of rotation arrow, where the rear timing cover cam mark was, and where the cam pulley was actually lined up.
Bearings are def starting to loosen up on a couple idlers and the waterpump so glad i'm in taking care of this stuff, has a Subaru branded belt and most the idlers are NSK. With a supposedly non orig engine, who knows whats been done or not done or the mileage!
This is my first timing belt, just done chains on V8s and such before, no multi cam setups or whatnot!
So i picked up an ebay timing kit, nothing crazy, but not bad, GMB idlers and an Aisin waterpump and such. Got a t-stat on the way, etc etc. Resealing my oil pump and whatnot to fix my oil leak and of course put in some cam and crank seals, all typical stuff ya would do.
I tear into the car tonight, and when i get the timing cover off, i could not for the life of me get the timing marks to line up, yes i'm using the right ones. The crank lines up, the passenger side cam lines up, but the drivers cam is 1-2 teeth off. So kept looking, kept trying, but no, so i finally took the belt off and compared it to the new one, sure enough, the marks i put on the belt lined up just right, but where the drivers cam really was is 2 teeth over. Counted teeth and it was 44 on the pass side, and just under 43 on the driverside. So i'm just a bit baffled because i thought this car was running like a champ! Maybe it will even run better now hah!
Am i doing something wrong? Heres a couple crappy pics
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/2123162284JPG-1.jpg
Orange mark is the notch on the cam pulley (not the arrow!)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/08/1822857956JPG-1.jpg
Sorry about the lighting, but i marked where the crank was (and lined up) with the dot on the far left, then going right is the direction of rotation arrow, where the rear timing cover cam mark was, and where the cam pulley was actually lined up.
Bearings are def starting to loosen up on a couple idlers and the waterpump so glad i'm in taking care of this stuff, has a Subaru branded belt and most the idlers are NSK. With a supposedly non orig engine, who knows whats been done or not done or the mileage!
This is my first timing belt, just done chains on V8s and such before, no multi cam setups or whatnot!