TIMING BELT IDLER PULLEY
REMOVAL
CAUTION: Idler pulley retaining bolts are left hand thread.
1. Disconnect negative battery cable.
2. Remove engine cover (Refer to 9 - ENGINE COVER - REMOVAL) .
3. Remove cooling fan and fan drive viscous clutch assembly (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/FAN DRIVE VISCOUS CLUTCH - REMOVAL) .
4. Remove accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - REMOVAL) .
5. Remove cooling fan support (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - REMOVAL) .
6. Remove vibration damper (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/ENGINE BLOCK/VIBRATION DAMPER - REMOVAL) .
7. Rotate the engine to 90 degrees ATDC and install special tool VM.1089 (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING - STANDARD PROCEDURE).
8. Remove timing belt outer cover (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING/TIMING BELT / CHAIN COVER(S) - REMOVAL) .
9. Remove timing belt (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING/TIMING BELT/CHAIN AND SPROCKETS - REMOVAL) .
NOTE: Idler pulley retaining bolts are left hand thread.
10. Remove timing belt idler pulleys.
INSTALLATION
NOTE: Rotate the engine to 90 degrees ATDC and install special tool VM.1089 (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING - STANDARD PROCEDURE). The idler pulley bolts are left hand thread.
1. Install timing belt idler pulleys. Torque bolts to 47.1N·m.(35 ft. lbs.).
2. Install timing belt (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING/TIMING BELT/CHAIN AND SPROCKETS - INSTALLATION) .
3. Install timing belt outer cover (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/VALVE TIMING/TIMING BELT / CHAIN COVER(S) - INSTALLATION) .
4. Install vibration damper (Refer to 9 - ENGINE/ENGINE BLOCK/VIBRATION DAMPER - INSTALLATION) .
5. Install cooling fan support (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - INSTALLATION) .
6. Install accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - INSTALLATION) .
7. Install cooling fan and fan drive viscous clutch assembly (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/FAN DRIVE VISCOUS CLUTCH - INSTALLATION) .
8. Remove the engine alignment pins ( VM 1052,VM.1053, VM 1089).
9. Install engine cover (Refer to 9 - ENGINE COVER - INSTALLATION) .
10. Connect negative battery cable.