Maxima V6-3.5L (VQ35DE) (2007)
b. Insert the stopper pin into the tensioner body hole to hold the lever and keep the stopper tab released.
NOTE: An allen wrench [(2.5 mm (0.98 inch)] is used for a stopper pin as an example.
c. Insert the plunger into the tensioner body by pressing the timing chain slack guide.
d. Keep the slack guide pressed and hold the plunger in by pushing the stopper pin deeper through the lever and into the tensioner body hole.
e. Make a gap between water pump gear and timing chain, by turning the crankshaft pulley approximately 20° clockwise.
11. Remove timing chain tensioner.
CAUTION: Be careful not to drop bolts inside chain case.
12. Remove the three water pump bolts. Make a gap between water pump gear and timing chain, by turning crankshaft pulley counterclockwise until
timing chain loosens on water pump sprocket.