Quote Originally Posted by DSG4ME View Post
Be very interested in the outcome of this, iirc you don't touch the cambelt to remove the inj's, however you do have to release the rockers on the cams, if someone has rotated the cams when the rockers are off this could cause the timing to jump out I suppose, with modern belts they are a lot better than the old ones so unless you were overdue by a significant mileage there shouldn't be belt failure, however from what you say it's stripped off it's sprocket locators i.e ribs that sit in the sprocket and this is how it's managed to come off, when it died were you at speed and did you hear any metallic banging, brace yourself because if it has come off it's likely to have wrecked the engine as well, please do let us know how you get on.
Rotating the cams will also rotate the crank, if the belt hasn't been removed, so no timing issues.