Originally Posted by
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Well done.
I've always done it with the crank at TDC, but I don't lock the cams. Work anticlockwise, starting from the crank, keep the belt tight and cable tie the belt to the cam sprockets as you go. Once you get to the end, the timing will be right, the belt will be tight and any slack will be at the tensioner.
If the cams are locked (with bolts through the sprockets into the head or with plastic cam locks), you turn the crank back a tooth because you can't get the belt tight enough between the crank and cams to get the crank on the right tooth of the belt. Once you get the belt on this way, you turn the crank forwards to TDC and that takes up the slack between the crank and rear exhaust sprocket and puts the slack at the tensioner.
Two different ways to do it, same outcome. It's one of those jobs where three hands is useful.
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