Replacing Timing Chain in 1997 Land Cruiser
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There's plenty of threads on here about motor work, probably you can find pictures enough to guide you along in your repair.
Are you sure it is broken? That's unusual for these, usually the tensioner goes out. Search 'timing chain tensioner' for threads.
Are you sure it is broken? That's unusual for these, usually the tensioner goes out. Search 'timing chain tensioner' for threads.
best to change upper and lower sprockets as well. I also would change the slipper and damper guides, and tensioner. the front cover is coming off, so you are removing the pan as well. might as well reseal the oil pump
What caused the chain to break? Usually there are other things that cause that.
It's a rabbit hole, for sure...
No, to get the cover off, the head or pans have to come off, your choice. As others mentioned, chain breakage is not common, determining why it broke is key.
First I ever heard of a chain breaking, would be curious to know the cause?
Possibly a tensioner failure, caused a bind at the crank end, busted the cam gear during rotation.
That sucks. Sorry for your loss. I would be concerned about the cams as well.
I had the impression, from the FSM and someone who's done this twice this year, that the head had to come off.
What's the trick to keeping the head on? I ask because I was discussing this with @JohnVee last night and he has this on his to-do list.
Old news, but part of the head gasket goes over the timing chain cover, so changing the HG is kinda necessary. Mine broke as well. My theory is that the timing chain became the weak link in a hydrolock situation, and had been weakened from previous seapage, and finally, when turning it over, the timing chain snapped, ruining the crank gear. The cam gear isn't damaged, but I'll replace everything.
That does sound like a kletzenklueffer.
At any rate, you are into the bottom end. You need to procure a way to torque the crank bolt on to 304ftlbs.
The diagrams above.... Where do i find these only complete for the job of replacing the timing chain???
What kinda car do you have? Should be able to find something here: For Sale - 40, 50, 60, and 80 series FSM for a hell of a price.
1997 Landcruiser
Hate to beat a dead horse but when you said it didn’t crank or did you mean turnover ?
Different terms with the same meaning
