Cam sprocket position?

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2012 Lancs Posts: 187 99 VTS
    #1
    Hi all I've changed the cambelt on my VTS and I followed the haynes manual & SteveNet15 guide, the SteveNet guide tells you to loosen the 6 cam sprocket bolts, rotate the sprocket clockwise and tighten up to 10nm then to crank the engine by hand 4 times, loosen the sprocket bolts to even the tension around the belt then re-tighten to 10nm once the belt is fitted. I have done all of this but my cam sprockets are still positioned as far clockwise they go rather than in the center like they were when I removed the cambelt and in the stevenet15 photo below.



    Will my timing be out because of the position of the sprockets?

    Cheers
  2. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2010 South Wales Posts: 3078 ZX 16v, 205 GTI, 309 Goodwood, 405 MI16.
    #2
    sounds like the belt tension is wrong
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
    #3
    What's it do when you turn it by hand?


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  4. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2012 Lancs Posts: 187 99 VTS
    #4
    Cheers for the replies guys. The tension was fine it would have been too tight if I had tightened it any more and it turned over by hand no problem, but as per a diagram in the Haynes manual for the 16v engine it was wrong and the timing would have been out a tooth with the sprocket sitting in the clockwise position. I will take a photo of the page in the morning as it doesn't require you to rotate them to the clockwise position it just shows a diagram with a big X next to it when the cam sprockets are in the clockwise position. I had done it incorrectly so I set the engine back to TDC and will redo it in the morning as I have changed the clutch and gearbox today.

    Cheers