RB timing trouble PLZ HELP!!!!!

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tinys s14
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Im doing timing on my neo and all the cam marks and crank marks align but when I make 1 rotation the belt moves but all the marks are still aligned.

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as you see in the the first 3 pics i marked the timing belt to the marks on the cam gears and the crank.
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Now in these 3 pics i rotated the motor 1 ful revolution and here are the mark i made but all the cam gears and crank marks line up perfect.
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I tried using the old timing belt and the greddy and also the new tensioner and old tensioner pulley all with the same results


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Michaelmoore
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Location: Pensacola, Florida

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Its perfectly normal, my dad and i put on/took off my timing chain 3 or 4 times because the same thing was happening. We finally did some reading and it is apparantly almost impossible for all of them to line up again (the gears will all need to line up with the marks, but the belt will not line back up), as long as everything lined up when you put it on and you can do a couple rotations without any resistance issues then you are golden.

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kouki munster
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Location: Anderson, SC

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As ^ said its perfectly normal for the marks on the belt/chain to not line up with the marks on the cam/crank sprockets after just one turn, but if you are bored you can keep turning the engine over and they will eventually line back up after a fair number of turns.

tinys s14
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ok thanks guys


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