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Thanks again for the imput I had not been able do any more investigating until this morning. Well to answer the question of why the cam pulley sheared has been answered. The #2 idler bearing completely blew apart none of the ball bearings are left in thier respective place I did find most of them in the cover, what a mess. A portion of the timing belt that had been walking off the cam pulley actually split apart and has wrapped itself around the crank sprocket. There is a real mess of chewed up belt preventing me from being able to see alignment marks. Part of me wants to just pull it all off so I can see where the marks are but the belt is still tight enough to prevent me from getting debris out of the way. If I end up not being able to set the crank and one good cam to the proper marks before I have to remove the belt will I be totally screwed?

Thanks for the quick response with all of your responses. As I have been looking at pic's I see marks being talked about and have done the timing belt proceedure before but its been a couple of years. My question is I know its out of time because the face of the left cam pulley has sheared off allowing the belt slowly work its way off the pulley 1/4 of the way. The face of the pulley is where the marks are located or is there another mark on the inner edge of the pulley? I am assuming here, but dont I need to get the cam in the proper alignment before I pull off the pulley to replace it? Also verifing if I am on the proper stroke or not. I am planning on doing the hole service of seals, pump, and related parts if I dont have to worry about having damaged the motor if what I thought I saw is correct that it is a non interference motor?

Have a 95' legacy wagon with 185k that has been great. Normal timing belt, water pump, seals, and tensioner were done 7 yrs-30k ago been running great. A few days ago my girlfriend drove to no problems so she says, goes to leave hrs. later wont start. I came down the next day to find the battery dead took battery to charge after returning, tried turning it over very strained from its normal cycle. So I was concerned and started looking around and could see movement in the timing cover. Stopped turning over engine and proceeded to get the vehicle home. Yesterday I took apart the front cover to find cam pulley blown apart where the retainer ring came apart from the pulley. So tried to bring it to tdc and both cams are off their marks. I am wondering if this engine is shot or maybe salvageble. My thinking is to change the pulley put a new belt on and see if will go. I am not sure how to determine the correct positioning of the cam shafts, the manual I have is not very specific in this area. Any help would be greatly appreciated.