Why you should change your timing belt every 60k, a pic is worth a thousand words Options

[presure2]

all 3 engines (7A 5S 3S) are all non interference

[6gsillyca]

Oops sorry, bad engrish in last post, if anyone was trying to decypher what it meant. Was asking if 3sgte is an interference engine or not. Manny cleared this up. Thanks

[Batman722]

well we got mine out this past weekend, the belt didn't break but there were some teeth missing

pics of the outside of the belt







and the inside of the belt where 11 teeth were missing - these "missing" teeth were at one time around the crank, but after 12 years and 140K miles, they were just sheered off. The crank would spin and not spin the belt and that = no go.



once again, 12 years, 140K miles. I was lucky because I was about 5 min away from my house and was able to have the car towed there for nothing and I happen to have some great friends to get this replaced.

[Ve1Ls1dEvolutioN]

wow i need to change mine....139,000 miles...original timing belts...what should i change besides the water pump?? what is the tensioner everyone is talking about?? does this have to be changed??

[hurley97]

you don't have to change the tensioner but its recommended while you're in there, if the bearings in that go it'll make noise and eventually break and not hold tension in the belt causing it to slip or come off completely... so yeah, just change it. for the ST there is one tensioner and for the GT there are two, they come in the timing belt component kit

This post has been edited by hurley97: May 24, 2007 - 10:36 AM

[Ve1Ls1dEvolutioN]

you don't have to change the tensioner but its recommended while you're in there, if the bearings in that go it'll make noise and eventually break and not hold tension in the belt causing it to slip or come off completely... so yeah, just change it. for the ST there is one tensioner and for the GT there are two, they come in the timing belt component kit

any "how to change belts" here in the forum?? or can anyone give me some tips on how to change it on my own...would hate to go to the dealership and pay hundreds of dollars...