1998 accent 1.5 timing belt
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Vehicle: 98 hyundai accent gl
1998 accent 1.5 timing belt
Hello, fellows.
Do you agree with this routine to replace the timing belt on this car ?
Thank you for any advise.
Timing belt replacement
1- set parking brake
disconnect battery now
2- Jack the car and remove tire
3- remove undercover plastic cover
4- use breaker bar or impact gun to loose the crankshaft bolt 19mm bolt
5- put jack with wood block under motor
6- remove the left motor mount
7- remove belts
alternator: use tape to mark adjuster position, loosen support bolt A then lock bolt B on the side of adjuster then release adjuster
power steering: mark adjuster bolt position, loosen power steering adjuster bolt, move ps pump to loose belt
A/C: loosen the side bolt A then release bolt B counting the number of turns.
8- remove spark plugs
9- remove lower and upper tb cover 10mm bolt
10- rotate motor clockwise till camshaft marks match top mark
11- remove camshaft pulley
(A) recheck alignment of tb marks
12- jack up motor a little bit
14- remove water pump pulley
15- loose tensioner bolts
16- remove timing belt
17- (A)
18- remove tensioner, install new one with loose bolts
19- check direction of belt, install belt from right to left
20- adjust tensioner with pry bar (pry against the pulley ?) then torque the adjuster bolt (right bolt) to 18lb-ft then the left bolt to 18ft-lbs
(B) make sure right side belt is over 1/2 of right belt of tensioner
21- rotate engine 2x then (A) (B)
22- install tb covers 7ft-bls
23- install wp pulley 7ft-lbs
24- install crankshaft pulley 70 ft-lbs center bolt and 11 ft-lbs smaller bolts (I could not see the smaller bolts...)
25- install belts
alternator: support nut bottom 14-18 ft-lbs adjuster lock 9-11 ft-lbs belt deflection 0.31-0.41(8-11mm) in from bottom
power steering pump: adjustment bolt 25-35 ft-lbs belt deflection 0.24-0.35(6-9mm) in between pulleys
a/c: side bolt 'A' 15-22 ft-lbs bottom bolt deflects the belt by 0.31 in (8mm)
27- lower engine
28- install motor mount 40 ft-lbs horizontal bolt 45 ft-lbs vertical bolt and nut
29- install spark plugs 18 ft-lbs read sparkplugs.pdf
30- install tires 75ft-lbs, drive test
Do you agree with this routine to replace the timing belt on this car ?
Thank you for any advise.
Timing belt replacement
1- set parking brake
disconnect battery now
2- Jack the car and remove tire
3- remove undercover plastic cover
4- use breaker bar or impact gun to loose the crankshaft bolt 19mm bolt
5- put jack with wood block under motor
6- remove the left motor mount
7- remove belts
alternator: use tape to mark adjuster position, loosen support bolt A then lock bolt B on the side of adjuster then release adjuster
power steering: mark adjuster bolt position, loosen power steering adjuster bolt, move ps pump to loose belt
A/C: loosen the side bolt A then release bolt B counting the number of turns.
8- remove spark plugs
9- remove lower and upper tb cover 10mm bolt
10- rotate motor clockwise till camshaft marks match top mark
11- remove camshaft pulley
(A) recheck alignment of tb marks
12- jack up motor a little bit
14- remove water pump pulley
15- loose tensioner bolts
16- remove timing belt
17- (A)
18- remove tensioner, install new one with loose bolts
19- check direction of belt, install belt from right to left
20- adjust tensioner with pry bar (pry against the pulley ?) then torque the adjuster bolt (right bolt) to 18lb-ft then the left bolt to 18ft-lbs
(B) make sure right side belt is over 1/2 of right belt of tensioner
21- rotate engine 2x then (A) (B)
22- install tb covers 7ft-bls
23- install wp pulley 7ft-lbs
24- install crankshaft pulley 70 ft-lbs center bolt and 11 ft-lbs smaller bolts (I could not see the smaller bolts...)
25- install belts
alternator: support nut bottom 14-18 ft-lbs adjuster lock 9-11 ft-lbs belt deflection 0.31-0.41(8-11mm) in from bottom
power steering pump: adjustment bolt 25-35 ft-lbs belt deflection 0.24-0.35(6-9mm) in between pulleys
a/c: side bolt 'A' 15-22 ft-lbs bottom bolt deflects the belt by 0.31 in (8mm)
27- lower engine
28- install motor mount 40 ft-lbs horizontal bolt 45 ft-lbs vertical bolt and nut
29- install spark plugs 18 ft-lbs read sparkplugs.pdf
30- install tires 75ft-lbs, drive test
