My toyota 22R truck would not restart after being driven for about 20 minutes in the city. I actually turned the truck off, restarted it and it died with a loud cluck noise after about 30 seconds. The starter turns the engine fast enough but when I checked TDC the timing marks lined up but the rotor was turned past the number 1 cylinder position. Also when I tried to restart later all I got was a sputter. What do you think?

I believe it has a timing chain, not a belt. It's hard to tell from afar what it really is. You will need to tear into it.

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Originally Posted by flyingreins

My toyota 22R truck would not restart after being driven for about 20 minutes in the city. I actually turned the truck off, restarted it and it died with a loud cluck noise after about 30 seconds. The starter turns the engine fast enough but when I checked TDC the timing marks lined up but the rotor was turned past the number 1 cylinder position. Also when I tried to restart later all I got was a sputter. What do you think?

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What mostly happens is the chain guides break which allows the already streched chain to flop around a bit and it will jump time. A very easy diagnosis is a compression check.
Or... pull off the valve cover and you can see the whole picture. At TDC the top chain sprocket should have an arrow pointing almost 12:00
Looking down the chain through the timing cover you can see if both the chain guides are there or not.