How to get cam sprocket on!!!??!!! 22re
09-21-2014, 05:13 AM
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Interesting thread full of interesting posts haha. 
To the "OP" glad you got it figured out.
As everyone else has stated verify proper alignment of camshaft/crankshaft/distributor.
To the "OP" glad you got it figured out.
As everyone else has stated verify proper alignment of camshaft/crankshaft/distributor.
09-21-2014, 05:29 AM
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My head and rockers are all torqued down. I'm just not sure if the screwdriver is to be inserted into the cover centered with the crank sprocket and cam sprocket and then pressed against the chain and into the tensioner while pulling up on the sprocket or inserted behind the chain and slide down the guide to pry the tensioner back from there some how. I don't want to pry in the wrong spot and have the slack end up under the tensioner allowing the chain to skip a tooth
09-22-2014, 01:58 PM
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Conpressing the timing chain tensioner on 22R
Please someone that's done this before get back to me as I'm at a stand still here and just not sure how to proceed. I don't want to screw anything up at this point. Thanks carpetrugger
09-25-2014, 05:10 PM
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Conpressing the timing chain tensioner on 22R
I finely got it on. Just kept prying up on it and rocking the crank back and forth for about the right on 100th time and the tensioner finely compressed itself.
09-25-2014, 07:43 PM
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I've done it a number of times. I fear sticking anything that far down in there. I've always just stuck a large screwdriver through one of the holes at the top of the gear and pried upward against the head. With little effort the tensioner pulls right in. I put a punch of the right size in the hole in the cam and rotate it until everything lines up and the cam gear jumps on to the cam. Then I hold my breath and don't make any sudden moves that might frighten it until I have the bolt in far enough it can't jump back off.
08-21-2015, 02:07 PM
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Ok so I just did the head gasket on my 86 runner 22re and for the life of me cannot get the cam sprocket with chain reinstalled!! I tried a cherry picker, tried pulling on the tensioner side notta. So anyone got a trick? I'm thinking compress the tensioner but cannot get anything in there to compress it.....
The haynes manual says to rotate the crank but I really don't want to do that with the timing chain disconnected and I really don't see how that would help any....
The haynes manual says to rotate the crank but I really don't want to do that with the timing chain disconnected and I really don't see how that would help any....
ok so I don't know if any of you builders have tried to find all of the correct bolts (brand new ones) for the front cover, but finding all of the correct bolts and sizes is not easy. here is something I found, if you use a bolt that is too long in the top bolt hol for the oil pump, it will keep the chain tensioner from being able to compress and therefore virtually impossible to get the cam sprocket on...
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