0. Jack up car. Put on jack stands, remove front passenger wheel. Or put on lift if you have one. Rotate crank until number 1 cylinder TDC (flywheel viewing hole on bell housing has viewing hole. Look to see the mark on the flywheel lines up with the middle mark on the bell housing.
1. Remove serpentine belt (ribbed belt). Need a special tool to depress the tensioner. Have a friend depress the tensioner with the special tool and slip the belt off. Be careful, you can loose a finger here.
2. Remove upper timing belt cover.
3. Use an Allen wrench and loosen the tensioner for the the timing belt. The tensioner pivots off it's center so pull Allen wrench down towards front of car. The have a buddy slip the belt off the cam sprocket. Now it will be loose except for the crank. You cannot get it off without taking the crank pulley off.
4. Remove crankshaft pulley (harmonic balancer). You need a special tool to hold the pulley while you crack the bolt. Take off the pulley. Also take off the plastic lower timing belt cover (this is a PITA). You may try to get it off before. I broke mine in half doing this.
Once off you are clear. I recommend getting a timing belt change kit. I just bought one on EBAY for a 93 Eurovan. Replace water pump, timing belt idler pulley and tensioner.
Now make sure your timing marks are lined up. For the cam it's a groove on the sproket side that faces the engine. Line the groove up with the tooth on the inner timing belt housing (back sheetmental that is on the inside of the sprocket. Also line up the number 1 TDC mark on the flywheel thru the view hole on the trans bell housing.
Now just reverse the steps!
how do you set timing on a 92 geo prizm if timing belt has broken
The only fix for broken timing belt or chain is to replace it.
It has a timing belt. Replace at 100,000 miles.It has a timing belt. Replace at 100,000 miles.
How do you change a timing belt on a 1999 Plymouth Breeze belt was broken?
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER IF YOU SUSPECT A BROKEN TIMING BELT !!!!!! If you have, you already have more problems than a broken timing belt. Remove the upper timing belt cover and physically look at the timing belt.
75000 miles based on what I hear and see. These engines wont tolerate a broken timing belt. Change it now
If the timing belt is broken the vehicle will not start.
Remove cam gear, remove broken back cover, replace back cover, replace timing belt.
The grand am does not have a timing belt it has a timing chain.
I believe you need to replace a timing belt. Cause it uses timing chain which doesn't required to change as timing belt.
If you can drive the car, the timing belt isn't broken. An engine will not start or run with a broken cam belt.
In order to replace your timing belt on your 1994 Avenger, you will need to first drain your cooling system. Remove the timing belt and mounting bolts and replace with your new belt.