Timing belt tension
Was just able to get my timing belt on after a day of agony. Just wanted to make sure it's tensioned properly before I button everything else back up. I employed the method where I put the no. 1 piston at TDC and had the cams pointing up. Following the manual I had, I turned the crank six times counter-clockwise and verified that I was back at TDC, and didn't bump any valves along the way. Then to tension the belt, I loosened the belt tensioning bolt a 1/2 turn the turned the crank counter-clockwise three teeth to tighten it. Then I torqued down the tensioning bolt. The belt is nice and tight across the top and front, but the back side (facing the driver) still has a bit of slack to it. Was wondering if this is normal, or did I mess it up and need to start over??