Overview - Balance Shaft Drive Chain: Notes
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- Guide Pin
- 20 Nm
- Guide Rail
- For the timing chain
- Balance Shaft Drive Chain
- Removing and installing. Refer to BALANCE SHAFT DRIVE CHAIN, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
- Guide Pin
- 20 Nm
- Tensioning Rail
- For the drive chain for the balance shafts
- Balance Shaft
- Must be replaced after removing
- Exhaust side
- Lubricate the bearing with engine oil
- Replacing. Refer to BALANCE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, EXHAUST SIDE .
- Guide Pin
- 20 Nm
- Guide Rail
- For the timing chain
- Chain Tensioner
- 85 Nm
- Coat the seal with sealant
- Three Stage Chain Sprocket
- Installation position. Refer to Figure.
- O-ring
- Lubricate with engine oil
- Mounting Pin
- Lubricate with engine oil
- Installation position. Refer to Fig 2.
- Intermediate Sprocket
- The intermediate sprocket must be replaced if the bolt -item ) OVERVIEW - BALANCE SHAFT DRIVE CHAIN is loosened.
- Washer
- Bolt
- Tightening sequence. Refer to TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS / Fig 3.
- Always replace after removing
- The intermediate sprocket -item ) OVERVIEW - BALANCE SHAFT DRIVE CHAIN must be replaced if the bolt is loosened.
- Replace and lubricate the O-ring -1- after removal.
- The alignment pin -arrow- for the bearing pins must engage in the hole in the cylinder block.
- Lubricate the bearing pins
CAUTION:
There Is a Risk of Destroying the Engine When the Intermediate Sprocket Is Missing Backlash.
The new intermediate sprocket has an anti-friction coating that wears off after a short period of use, which automatically adjusts the backlash.
- Never reuse the intermediate sprocket.