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Offline KickTurn

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timing belt/valve adjusters
« on: March 01, 2007, 08:57:52 AM »
I'm doing a timing belt replacement on a '95 Sidekick 1.6 16 valve, and I'm ready to do the final belt tensioning.  After looking through a couple of factory service manuals, it looks like the valve adjuster screws should be loosened on an 8 valve, but loosening the adjusters is not necessary for the 16 valve.

Sound right?

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Re: timing belt/valve adjusters
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2007, 09:00:24 AM »
I didn't have to loosen any valve adjusters on MY 95 1.6/16, when I replaced the timing belt.

Can't see why you would!
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Re: timing belt/valve adjusters
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2007, 09:12:27 AM »
What I've read for the 8 valve is that the loosening is to decrease resistance so that the belt can be tensioned correctly.  But I haven't seen those warnings for the 16v.
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Re: timing belt/valve adjusters
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2007, 05:35:02 PM »
 ;) If you got enough miles on it to do a timing belt, you might as well go ahead and check your valve clearances. Can't hurt, and you may find it needs an adjustment.
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