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Originally Posted by Wiking
Now pls tell me which 'method' is funky? A belt tightening becomes only an issue when observed via bottle bottom...
Tension checkup; if one cant do that just prying the cover top, then its best to let others tow it to stealership for the teens.
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i just thought it a bit 'funky' to check the tension without removing the cover. but being that you actually have a fixed reference point (top of the cover), that lets you be even more precise than you would have with the covers off, in terms of measuring deflection.
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Originally Posted by Matt93SE
Wikings methods on the timing belt are spot-on. I've been doing timing belts for 15 years and that's the way I do them too. that's how a very experienced mechanic (and well qualified- not just a hack shop grease monkey) taught me, showing me the FSM for some other vehicles while he was doing it.
Belt tension checks are pretty much an industry standard. Nissan has some other strange methods of checking the tension, but this method works 100% of the time.
And also as he said, timing belts are NOT something to "learn on". If you've never done one, have someone that has help you through it. This is not a place to screw up. the potential risk is days of labor and hundreds or thousands of $ in repair costs to replace the engine. If you're lucky you *might* be able to rebuild, but 12 valves at $25 each + head gaskets + head job + valve guides + etc etc etc = about $900 for a cheapie rebuild.
That's a lotta hassles because you weren't sure of what you're doing.
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well the motor hasn't shown any signs of trouble so far. he's been driving it since september like that...so i guess 6-8k miles. Depending how smoothly things go on thursday and friday, i should be able to have him come over here and i can fix the tension, no harm no foul.
I did watch someone else do one before (actually it was on my car, in mid-2007 before i was brave enough to perform tasks like this), but either they didn't check the tension, or i just wasn't looking when they did.