Infiniti G35 (V35) Sedan. Manual - part 613

TIMING CHAIN

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a.

Remove rear cover plate and set the ring gear stopper [SST:
KV10118600 (J-48641)] (A) as shown in the figure.

b.

Loosen crankshaft pulley bolt and rotate bolt seating surface at
10 mm (0.39 in) from its original position.

CAUTION:

Do not remove crankshaft pulley bolt as it will be used as a
supporting point for suitable puller.

c.

Place suitable puller tab on holes of crankshaft pulley, and pull
crankshaft pulley through.

CAUTION:

Do not put suitable puller tab on crankshaft pulley periph-
ery, as this will damage internal damper.

27. Remove oil pan (lower). Refer to 

EM-41, "Exploded View (2WD)"

 or 

EM-41, "Exploded View (AWD)"

.

28. Loosen two mounting bolts in front of oil pan (upper) with power

tool in reverse order as shown in the figure.

29. Remove front timing chain case as follows:

1

: Oil pan (upper)

2

: Flywheel (M/T models) or driveplate (A/T models)

: Vehicle front

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: Crankshaft pulley

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: Engine front

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a.

Loosen mounting bolts in reverse order as shown in the figure.

b.

Insert a suitable tool (A) into the notch at the top of front timing
chain case as shown.

c.

Pry off case by moving the suitable tool as shown.
• Use the seal cutter [SST: KV10111100 (J37228)] to cut liquid

gasket for removal. 

CAUTION:

• Do not use a screwdriver or something similar.
• After removal, handle front timing chain case carefully so

it does not tilt, cant, or warp under a load.

30. Remove front oil seal from front timing chain case using a suit-

able tool.
• Use a screwdriver for removal.

CAUTION:

Be careful not to damage front timing chain case.

31. Remove timing chain tensioner (primary) as follows:

a.

Remove lower mounting bolt (1).

b.

Loosen upper mounting bolt (2) slowly, and then turn timing
chain tensioner (primary) (3) on the upper mounting bolt so that
plunger (4) is fully expanded.
NOTE:
Even if plunger is fully expanded, it is not dropped from the body
of timing chain tensioner (primary).

c.

Remove upper mounting bolt, and then remove timing chain ten-
sioner (primary).

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32. Remove internal chain guide (1), and slack guide (2).

33. Remove timing chain (primary) and crankshaft sprocket.

CAUTION:

After removing timing chain tensioner (primary), do not turn crankshaft and camshaft separately,
or valves will strike the piston heads.

34. Remove timing chain (secondary) and camshaft sprockets as follows:

a.

Attach suitable stopper pin (2) to the right and left timing chain
tensioners (secondary) (1).

NOTE:
• Use approximately 0.5 mm (0.02 in) dia. hard metal pin as a

stopper pin.

• For removal of timing chain tensioners (secondary), refer to

EM-65, "Exploded View"

. [Removing camshaft bracket (No.1)

is required.]

b.

Remove camshaft sprocket mounting bolts (INT and EXH).
• Secure the hexagonal portion of camshaft using a wrench to

loosen mounting bolts.

c.

Remove timing chain (secondary) together with camshaft
sprockets.

CAUTION:

• Do not loosen the mounting bolts with securing anything

other than the camshaft hexagonal portion or with ten-
sioning the timing chain.

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: Right bank

B

: Left bank

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• Do not disassemble. [Do not loosen bolts (A) and (B) as

shown in the figure.]

35. Remove timing chain tensioners (secondary) from cylinder head as follows, if necessary.

a.

Remove camshaft brackets (No. 1). Refer to 

EM-65, "Exploded View"

.

b.

Remove timing chain tensioners (secondary) with a stopper pin attached.

36. Use a scraper to remove all traces of old liquid gasket from front

and rear timing chain cases and oil pan (upper), and liquid gas-
ket mating surfaces.

CAUTION:

Be careful not to allow gasket fragments to enter oil pan.

37. Remove old liquid gasket from bolt hole and thread.

INSTALLATION

NOTE:
The below figure shows the relationship between the mating mark on each timing chain and that on the corre-
sponding sprocket, with the components installed.

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A

: Remove sticking old liquid gasket

B

: Bolt hole

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