Probably a dumb timing question

[Wadenettles]

Somehow while doing everything I had to do to replace head gaskets, my timing is off. When the crankshaft is at TDC the camshaft sprocket is off. How do I even is up?

[MikTip]

Somehow while doing everything I had to do to replace head gaskets, my timing is off. When the crankshaft is at TDC the camshaft sprocket is off. How do I even is up?

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[K04-B6]

When I did my timing belt a couple years ago the same thing happened to me, they would be lined up and once the tension was on the timing would go out of spec. took me a couple of times before I got it lined up!

[KHARDa4]

Roll the crank back some before you tensioner the belt.

[GTA]

Yup. I did my TB and WP a few months ago and I experienced the same thing. I had to align the timing marks three time in total to make it stick. Good thing I manually turned the crank a full rotation before I buttoned everything back up or I wouldn't have noticed it.