GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only
  1. Install the idler gear to the idler gear shaft.

  2. Object Number: 736748  Size: SH
  3. Rotate the crankshaft so that number 1 piston is on top dead center.
  4. Align the crankshaft gear mark L and the idler gear mark O.
  5. Important: The idler gear shaft oil port must be facing the cylinder block. Apply molybdenum grease to the idler gear bolt.

  6. Install the idler gear bolt.
  7. Tighten
    Tighten the idler gear bolt to the following:

    • First stage: 29 N·m (21 lb ft)
    • Second stage: 75 degrees