How do you know if you need to replace your timing belts (or drive belts)?

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06-04-2002, 03:23 PM

JPMontoya

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How do you know if you need to replace your timing belts (or drive belts)?
Does the performance of the car lag somewhat or significantly?
I had them replaced @ 45000 when the dealer told me there were cracks in them. Now I have 82000 and want to do it myself.
I did a search and here's what I found (for those who want to post telling me to do a search)

http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...der=descending

but, it was not much help. Thank you for your input.

06-04-2002, 03:40 PM

JMAXIMA

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How do you know if you need to replace your timing belts (or drive belts)?
Does the performance of the car lag somewhat or significantly?
I had them replaced @ 45000 when the dealer told me there were cracks in them. Now I have 82000 and want to do it myself.
I did a search and here's what I found (for those who want to post telling me to do a search)

http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...der=descending

but, it was not much help. Thank you for your input.

timing belt or drive belts? there is a big difference. if i'm not mistaken, our maxima's have timing chains... which don't get replaced unless they break. but i have 71,000 and my belts still look brand new. unless they put some cheap belts on there i can't imaging them needing to be replaced yet.