TB + rollers replacement job

[Louis-Alain Richard]

As a side note to this, TB job is not a good description these days. 

9 time out of 10, the job is mandatory by the OEM to replace the rollers
(who wear very fast), not because the TB is worn or will break. And more,
price for the job will be more dependant of the quantity/cost of rollers,
than of the belt itself.

So I know it's only semantic, but what I wanted to show is the fact that
doing a TB job without replacing all the rollers is a waste of time/money. 

Same thing applies to the accessory belt replacement on many newer cars. On
Honey's wagon, a Saab, belt is 35$, but the 3 rollers are 120$, and 2 were
very noisy while the belt was still fine.

Louis-Alain
1983 urQ, with a TB, an acc. belt but not a single roller.



-----Message d'origine-----

Timing belt should be done every 60k or 5 years, along with all the
tensioners, rollers, idlers and whatnot. It's doable, I don't know how
difficult, though- you'll need the special crank lock tool at the minimum.
Doing it at a mechanic is costly- the job cost me $900+ at my mechanics' and
they didn't kill me on parts or labor.

Taka