Timing belt change - marks on flywheel and on vibration damper not aligning

[Tony Hoffman]

Then the damper pulley outer surface has shifted on the rubber, relative to
the inner portion. Seen that too, but not as often as a sheared key. Either
way, as mentioned by many, just use the flywheel mark for the crank.

Tony

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:28 PM, <radek at uniserve.com> wrote:

> Well, the timing belt sprocket has a pretty massive key (which is part of
> the casting) that slides into a groove on the camshaft.  The sprocket can
> go in one way only.  The vibration damper, on the other hand, has no key
> and attaches to the flat surface of the sprocket with four Allen-head
> bolts.  It has a small recess at one spot that fits over a small bump on
> the flat surface of the sprocket.  The damper also goes in one way only.
>  And yet, there's misalignment.  I must be missing something.
>
> Radek.