How do I realign my timing belt?

How do I realign my timing belt?

How to Adjust a Timing Belt

1. Park your car in a safe environment for you to work on it.
2. Pop the latch and open your hood.
3. Disconnect your car’s battery.
4. Locate the timing belt and related apparatus.
5. Remove the timing cover.
6. Relax the timing belt’s tensioner.
7. Adjust the timing belt as necessary.

How do you pick a pulley time?

Pitch choices include T pitch, AT pitch, GT pitch, HTD pitch, and super-torque pitch.

1. T pitch is a trapezoidal pitch available in four sizes: 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 mm.
2. AT pitch is a curvilinear pitch available in three sizes: 5, 10 and 20 mm.
3. GT® pitch is also curvilinear, but available in 2, 3 and 5 mm sizes.

How does the timing belt pulley work?

Like traditional pulley systems, timing belt pulleys are driven by frictional forces between the belt and pulley surfaces. The teeth or pockets on the outside of the pulley are not used for power transmission. Rather, they engage the pulley belt, assisting with timing and averting misalignment.

How do you tension a timing belt pulley?

Place the timing belt on each timing belt pulley and ensure proper engagement between the timing belt pulley and timing belt teeth. Lengthen the center distance or adjust the tensioning idler to remove any timing belt slack. Using a tape measure, measure the span length of the drive in inches. Refer to dimension “P” in the diagram above.

Can a taut timing belt stand a strong pull?

While a taut string or timing belt can stand a strong pull. Take up any loose slack in the timing belt by adjusting the center to center distance between the two timing belt pulleys. Before any final tensioning is to be applied make sure that the timing belt teeth are fully seated in the tooth grooves on both timing belt pulleys.

Where do you place the timing belt on a timing belt?

Do not pry the timing belt onto the timing belt pulleys. Place the timing belt on each timing belt pulley and ensure proper engagement between the timing belt pulley and timing belt teeth. Lengthen the center distance or adjust the tensioning idler to remove any timing belt slack.

How does sonic tension work on timing belts?

Timing belts, like string, vibrate at a particular natural frequency based on mass and span length. By measuring this natural frequency of a free stationary timing belt span the sonic tension meter is able to instantly compute the static timing belt tension based upon the timing belt span length, timing belt width and timing belt type.