you turn the cam gear and the crank gear with a wrench until the lines on the pulleys/gears line up.
If you are asking about timing gears with a belt system, you have to line the timing marks up with the marks on the gears. If you want to know about chain gear alignment please re-ask with vehicle specifics and I can answer that also.
there are 2 marks on the gears you have to line them up
pull the timing cover back off and make sure that the timing marks on the timing gears are parallel (in line) with each other cuz more than likely the mark is off there fore making your timing out which wont let your rotor line up
Use a spirit level (or even a ruler) and rest it on top of the timing gears. I think you know what to do next.
how do i line up timing gears on 2.8 isuzu trooper
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were are the time marks on the gears thank you clive
the gears come with a dot punched on each, line them up together,the cam one is down to the crankshaft one and the crankshaft one is up to the cam one so that they are exactly in line with each other almost touching each other
Line up the marks on the gears with the off colored links on the timing chain.
If the timing belt broke you probably got some bent valves. but as for puting the timing belt back on, there are marks on the outer edge of the cam and a indention on the valve cover behind it. line those up and on the crank gear blade there is a small v. line that up with the triangle on the engine- around the 10 o'clock position. then you will have to commpress the tensioner and use a small Allen wrench to hold it compressed. then install the timing belt and put the tensioner back and pull the pin. spin it over by hand and make sure the marks line back up
there are marks or dots on each of the gears, two cam, and one crank, that need to line up with notches in the back cover. all three marks lined up with all three notches with the number one piston at tdc in the compression stroke. you can gently rotate the gears using a socket on the bolt at the center.