can anyone help me? am doing the belt on my townie and
had the pulleys lined up but some one moved the eng and the set up!!...the crank and pump marks i've
found but where is the cam mark meant to sit? also
can anyone tell me the big end tork and main bear torks?.....cheers steve

- (#8387) steve shaw, 7 Feb 04 09:21

Cam mark should be level with the top of the head casting at the 3o'clock position.
All the info you require is in the RM025E manual from your dealer...

- (#8388) david miller, 7 Feb 04 14:39

Hi Steve
We are in the same situation re changing the Cam belt so far it has taken 2 days on the strip down most of the time on the dreaded cam shaft pulley, Talk about imovable but finally got it shifted?
How long has it taken other owners on the first attempt from start to finish?

Andy

- (#8388) Andy jebb, 7 Feb 04 19:42

Andy. I assume that you meant the crankshaft pulley as the camshaft pulley remains in situ when doing this job. This pulley seems, in many cases, to double the length of an otherwise straightforward job and, if you are doing this cambelt change for the first time, there is quite a lot to do before you even reach the belt. Once you are familiar with the seat,floor plan, gear linkage removal, I find that the job can be done quite comfortably in a day. Also, I think that it is worth any interested Townace owner,to practice taking the seat/floor pan out one or two times just as an exercise. It's not a waste of time because much can be inspected when these items are removed and,when it has to be done, say, for the belt renewal, the job does get a lot easier.
Unfortunately, many owners tighten the crank pulley bolt well beyond it's recommended torque setting in the hope that it won't move. The result, sometimes, is a distorted bolt/thread etc and, as we have seen, in some cases, major surgery is required to remove broken bolts and renew the damaged thread. There are postings here about the whole engine being replaced following the pulley bolt failure or damage during it's removal. I put a simple locking device onto the pulley securing bolt and, also, grease the bolt threads so that rust/corrosion does not affect it. It seems to work well and there are no problems in removing the bolt.
Unfortunately, many owners have found that the first they know of a failed or unwound bolt is when the pulley falls off. It is worth making a habit of checking this bolt & pulley say, once a month, and it can easily be done when the nearside floor pan is raised for the usual level checks etc.

- (#8388) John Davis, 8 Feb 04 03:20

thanks for the advice david and yes i will be going to
the toyota dealer on monday morr.......cheers....
better safe than sorry!....and ive got the eng bay
down to 20mins!!...

- (#8388) steve shaw, 8 Feb 04 05:18

the cam mark lines up with the top face of the cylinder head, fuel pump side.
bottom end torque 64 nm
main bearing torque 103 nm tightened in three stages, working from the centre bearing out ie no.3,2,4,1& 5.

- (#8387) Mark, 7 Feb 04 13:52