Nissan Pathfinder (VQ40DE) Timing Chain Replacement 

Factory secondary tensioner has a piston ring type seal, the Cloyes does not. Pistons seem to be the same size though.

thanks good video! For anyone doing this, while you are in here do your gallery gaskets... mine where shot

This engine design is a shitshow

How many miles does the nissa had before you start to replace the timing chain 😊

I’m not a car guy, but I’m glad to see you back on the air. That means you guys are OK.😁✌️

I'm not convinced by the work..still making timing chain NOISE😅😅

yoooo. I'm in the middle of doing my chains ran into the exact same issues. my secondary guide is in my oil pan lol and my primary tensioner is shot, the chain has slack. my exhaust cams were off time a little bit also. what were you holding with the pry bar when you were fixing the timing?

Dope. Im bouta order this crap tomorrow..with water and oil pump. Its gonna be 112 outside and thats where the repair will be done. Video was a good sneak peak.

The power steering bracket was designed by a sadist! A socket hits the exhaust and a wrench won't reach the recessed bolt heads.

Thank you very much. You did an excellent job. It was really nice to see you could do that with the engine in the vehicle.

Please I can’t find any details about retiming nor anyone to explain I’ve started to do this same job and my only mistake was not setting TDC before removing main tensioner and main chain retiming is needed how?

Nice vid! Can you help me with two questions as I'm in the middle of this job myself: 1) I've read about the "rope trick" on several places online - does it help you 'lock' the engine timing like using a flywheel locker? How do you do it? Is it at TDC? I just don't fully understand. 2) following that, I didn't purchase the flywheel locking tool. Do you have any tricks or a combination that work best to lock the flywheel? Unfortunately, I forgot to put the vehicle in gear and 4LO before starting this job. I had planned on jamming the flywheel from the transmission access hatch and maybe also the starter engagement spot. possibly also using a pipe-wrench on some of the pulleys before breaking the crank pulley free.

With that slack on the right side of the chain, did the chain jump a tooth or did you hold it to prevent movement?