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Installation

1. Set crankshaft sprocket to Top Dead Center (TDC) by aligning the sprocket with the arrow on the oil pump housing.





2. Set camshafts timing marks so that the exhaust camshaft sprocket is a 1/2 notch below the intake camshaft sprocket.

CAUTION: Ensure that the arrows on both camshaft sprockets are facing up.





3. Install timing belt. Starting at the crankshaft, go around the water pump sprocket, idler pulley, camshaft sprockets and then around the tensioner.
4. Move the exhaust camshaft sprocket counterclockwise to align marks and take up belt slack.

NOTE: A new tensioner is held in the wound position by a pull pin.

5. Remove the pull pin or Allen wrench from the belt tensioner.





6. Rotate crankshaft 2 revolutions and check the alignment of the timing marks.
7. Install right engine mount and support bracket.
8. Install upper timing belt cover bolts 4.5 Nm (40 inch lbs.).
9. Install the lower timing belt cover bolts 4.5 Nm (40 inch lbs.).
10. Install crankshaft damper.
11. Install accessory drive belts.
12. Install right inner splash shield.
13. Install right front wheel.



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