Camshaft timing belt - air conditioning (page 5 of 6)
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 800 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1996–1999
- Section
- Repairs
Engine - KV6Camshaft timing belt - air conditioning · page 5 of 6
Refit
- Clean timing gears, hubs and pulleys.
- Fit hubs to timing gears and fit gears to camshafts.
- Fit NEW bolts and tighten sufficiently to allow gears to rotate without tipping.
- Position timing belt to gears.
CAUTION: If original belt is to be refitted, ensure direction of rotation mark is facing correct way.
- Fit tools 18G 1747-2 to both front timing gears.
- Rotate both front timing gears fully clockwise as viewed from front of engine.
- Using fingers only, fit timing belt to gears, starting at the crankshaft gear and working in an anti-clockwise direction, keeping the run as taut as possible and turning the camshaft gears only a minimum amount anti-clockwise to fit belt.
NOTE: To prevent timing belt from disengaging from crankshaft gear when fitting, fit a suitable wedge between belt and oil pump belt guard.
- Using a vice, slowly compress tensioner plunger and fit a suitable pin, 1.5 mm in diameter, to retain plunger.
- Clean tensioner bolts and apply Loctite 242 to first 3 threads.
- Hold tensioner pulley against belt using an Allen key.
- Position tensioner, fit bolts and tighten to 25 Nm.
- Release tensioner pulley and remove pin from tensioner.
- Position harness clip to oil pump housing, fit bolt and tighten to 9 Nm.
- Tighten front timing gear bolts to 28 Nm. Tighten bolts a further 90°.
- Remove tools 18G 1747.
- Remove wedge from between timing belt and oil pump belt guard.
- Ensuring bolt that remains captive is fitted to mounting bracket, manoeuvre bracket into position.
- Fit RH lower bolt and align bracket to engine taking care not to displace timing cover backplate seals.
- Fit remaining bolts but DO NOT tighten bolts at this stage.
- Position alternator/PAS pump mounting bracket and engine lifting bracket. fit bolts and tighten to 45 Nm.
Parts & tools for this job For 1996 Rover 800
- PARTTiming belt kitSearch: Rover 800 1996 timing belt kit
- TOOLEngine timing tool setSearch: Rover engine timing tool set
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
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