2008 Buick Enclave Timing Chain

You can remove the spark plugs to ease crankshaft/engine rotation, the engine front cover, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain guide, the right bank camshaft intermediate drive chain idler, and the right ft bank secondary camshaft drive chain.

You need to ensure the crankshaft sprocket is installed with the timing mark visible, install the crankshaft sprocket onto the nose of the crankshaft, align the notch in the crankshaft sprocket with the pin in the crankshaft, slide the crankshaft sprocket on the crankshaft nose until the crankshaft sprocket contacts the step in the crankshaft, ensure the crankshaft is in the stage one timing position with the crankshaft sprocket timing mark aligned to the stage one timing mark on the oil pump cover, and then install the primary camshaft timing chain, the primary upper camshaft drive chain guide, the primary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain guide, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the spark plugs, and the engine front cover.

You can install the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain, the left bank camshaft intermediate drive chain idler, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain guide, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the primary camshaft drive chain, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain, the engine front cover and the spark plugs.

You can remove the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain guide, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain, and the left bank camshaft intermediate drive chain idler.

You can remove the spark plugs to ease crankshaft/engine rotation, the engine front cover, the right bank secondary camshaft drive chain, the primary camshaft drive chain, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain tensioner, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain shoe, the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain guide, the left bank camshaft intermediate drive chain idler and the left bank secondary camshaft drive chain, and then clean and inspect all of the camshaft timing drive components.