timing belt trouble

[doarmihai]

hey guys, i have some trouble with those timing belt marks being perfect aligned
it seams that no matter what i do, the cams sprockets marks do not align 100%
it comes out with about half a tooth off
and i started the engine and seams that the engine has a ticking noise
am i missing something important?
i got new tension pulley and the tenssioner and idler pulley and water pump
it seam to me that from begining the two cam sprockets was a little of(about half a tooth)

[monty98]

Yep, as long as they are as close as you can get them. I had the same issue too, just off by a hair. Been running just fine for over a year now. The ticking would just be your valve lash adjusters, mine always tick like hell after any engine maintenance but go away after warm up.

If you had gotten the timing off I'm not sure it would have run or the cylinder would have collided with a valve.

These are the timing marks I ended up with.

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[monty98]

The other side.

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[monty98]

And the crank.

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[doarmihai]

thanks man, i got little worried after i heard the loud ticking