When you do your timing belt make shure that you do it right or this could happen!!!!
05-01-2006, 09:26 PM
#1
When you do your timing belt make shure that you do it right or this could happen!!!!
i guess a screw got in there when i wasnt looking and shredded the belt n 2 sections glad it didnt snap or i woulda been in serious trouble.
so todays lesson: "Dont Cheat when changing the belt put both covers back on"
BTW i got stainless steel feul lines..
05-02-2006, 11:23 AM
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 87
I hate timing belts. Useless and flimsy.
Over the past 10 years I've had my license I've NEVER
owned a car with a timing belt. This i because most
of my cars were GM V8 powered tansks that have
chains like any and all vehicles should.
The reason why manufacturers use belts versus chains
is an economic one. It's to F*** the consumer & force
a major overhaul on the customer every 60/80/100K
miles that is unneseccasy and costly.
My 1st gen. Maxima has a Chain as does my 1997 Q45.
I've been considering a used 2002/2003 WRX as a daily
driver and the timing belt question is the biggest thing
that is making me double guess this decision.
I could get a new Cobalt SS/SC and have a chain but I
don't want to spend $22,000 on a FWD car and the WRX
is a bit more appealing because it's turbocharged instead
of supercharged.
If I do get a WRX I'm going to try to find a timing belt to
chain conversion kit.
Honestly, why would you trust something as critical and
complex as the valves/cam/water pump ets. to a
bubber band? WTF?!
Over the past 10 years I've had my license I've NEVER
owned a car with a timing belt. This i because most
of my cars were GM V8 powered tansks that have
chains like any and all vehicles should.
The reason why manufacturers use belts versus chains
is an economic one. It's to F*** the consumer & force
a major overhaul on the customer every 60/80/100K
miles that is unneseccasy and costly.
My 1st gen. Maxima has a Chain as does my 1997 Q45.
I've been considering a used 2002/2003 WRX as a daily
driver and the timing belt question is the biggest thing
that is making me double guess this decision.
I could get a new Cobalt SS/SC and have a chain but I
don't want to spend $22,000 on a FWD car and the WRX
is a bit more appealing because it's turbocharged instead
of supercharged.
If I do get a WRX I'm going to try to find a timing belt to
chain conversion kit.
Honestly, why would you trust something as critical and
complex as the valves/cam/water pump ets. to a
bubber band? WTF?!
05-02-2006, 08:02 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 186
Originally Posted by sixty8panther
I hate timing belts. Useless and flimsy.
Over the past 10 years I've had my license I've NEVER
owned a car with a timing belt. This i because most
of my cars were GM V8 powered tansks that have
chains like any and all vehicles should.
The reason why manufacturers use belts versus chains
is an economic one. It's to F*** the consumer & force
a major overhaul on the customer every 60/80/100K
miles that is unneseccasy and costly.
My 1st gen. Maxima has a Chain as does my 1997 Q45.
I've been considering a used 2002/2003 WRX as a daily
driver and the timing belt question is the biggest thing
that is making me double guess this decision.
I could get a new Cobalt SS/SC and have a chain but I
don't want to spend $22,000 on a FWD car and the WRX
is a bit more appealing because it's turbocharged instead
of supercharged.
If I do get a WRX I'm going to try to find a timing belt to
chain conversion kit.
Honestly, why would you trust something as critical and
complex as the valves/cam/water pump ets. to a
bubber band? WTF?!
Over the past 10 years I've had my license I've NEVER
owned a car with a timing belt. This i because most
of my cars were GM V8 powered tansks that have
chains like any and all vehicles should.
The reason why manufacturers use belts versus chains
is an economic one. It's to F*** the consumer & force
a major overhaul on the customer every 60/80/100K
miles that is unneseccasy and costly.
My 1st gen. Maxima has a Chain as does my 1997 Q45.
I've been considering a used 2002/2003 WRX as a daily
driver and the timing belt question is the biggest thing
that is making me double guess this decision.
I could get a new Cobalt SS/SC and have a chain but I
don't want to spend $22,000 on a FWD car and the WRX
is a bit more appealing because it's turbocharged instead
of supercharged.
If I do get a WRX I'm going to try to find a timing belt to
chain conversion kit.
Honestly, why would you trust something as critical and
complex as the valves/cam/water pump ets. to a
bubber band? WTF?!
Very true. Timing belts are used to save money for the car maker. Many automakers believe that the original owner would have sold, dumped, etc, the car before the belt would need to be changed (There is a true story of a lady who does this, she buys the car, keeps it until the belt needs to be changed, then sells it, leaving that expense to the new owner). Then there is the expense in changing it. especially on a FWD vehicle with a transverse mounted engine.
05-03-2006, 07:26 AM
#7
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 87
FWD is a ***** in general, but yes... at least in my old 1997 Grand Am,
and other FWD V6 powered transverse mounted cars the timing chain
is not something you have to mess with unless you're at like 400,000
miles.
Are 2nd gen. Maxima's non-inteferance?
and other FWD V6 powered transverse mounted cars the timing chain
is not something you have to mess with unless you're at like 400,000
miles.
Are 2nd gen. Maxima's non-inteferance?
05-04-2006, 04:34 PM
#9
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: MA, lost in GA
Posts: 317
I purchased my 2nd gen a little over 3 years ago at 138xxx miles for $500. (clutch was dead and glazed over, no A/C). The accessory belts were new and still look good. Timing belt I have no clue about. The car now has 180xxx and still drives just as strong. I haven't been exactly easy on it but changed the oil like clockwork every 3k or < miles. I pretty much drive my 5th gen everyday now and on occasion my 2nd. I've always considered changing or inspecting that belt. Does anybody consider it time to be changed.
05-05-2006, 09:50 AM
#13
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 87
Originally Posted by Big_E-Dog
or so we hope
car wiht like 80K and assumed the belt was done. A few months
later she got to hang out on the highway and wait for AAA
after the belt snapped with no warning.
10-19-2006, 08:13 AM
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 116
The whole reason behind timing belts has nothing to do with screwing the consumer.Back in the 70s people thought Jap engines were too noisy,so the manufacturers went to timing belts to quiet them down.Nissan was the first to go back to timing chains when technology got to where the chains were just as quiet.
And that's your history lesson for the day.....
And that's your history lesson for the day.....
10-19-2006, 06:22 PM
#18
Noise wasn't the only reason. It also typically cost more to manufacture a motor with a chain oppose to one with a timing belt. Many manufacturers still make cars with belts even if the technology is there because it's still more cost effective.
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