It is the gear that drives the camshaft. It is affixed to the end of the camshaft. It is driven by a belt or chain that goes around another gear at the crankshaft and has one or more tensioners to keep it tight.
No it is a gear to gear timing system.
some of these bad boys have a magnet in the timing cam gear must remove timing cover on these models
The belt is made or rubber and drives the cam. A gear is just that, a gear which is a metal or plastic part with teeth on it that meshes with a belt or another gear.
This engine does not have a timing belt, it is gear-driven. Possibly, you have broken gear teeth, causing the timing to be out of order.
It has a timing chain.
What is the timing gear set up for a 1999Ford Transit Van
Align the timing marks on the camshaft gears to the notches on the camshaft cover, using the intake gear mark for the intake gear and the exhaust gear mark for the exhaust gear. 38. Align the mark on the crankshaft gear with the notch at the bottom of the rear timing belt cover.
yes
it has timing marks on it, look!
you have to pull your timing cover off and line up the timing marks on the cam gear and the crank gear auto zone.com has all the info on how to do it
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