Balance Shaft Drive Chain and Tensioner Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2007 Saturn Vue. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove the balance shaft drive chain tensioner bolts.
- Remove the balance shaft drive chain tensioner.
- Remove the adjustable balance shaft chain guide bolt.
- Remove the adjustable balance shaft chain guide.
- Remove the small balance shaft drive chain guide bolts.
- Remove the small balance shaft drive chain guide.
- Remove the upper balance shaft drive chain guide bolts.
- Remove the upper balance shaft drive chain guide.
- Remove the balance shaft drive chain.
- Remove the balance shaft drive sprocket.
IMPORTANT:
It may ease removal of the balance shaft drive chain to get all of the slack in the chain between the crankshaft and water pump sprockets.