FlamingWeasel
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- Aug 25, 2002
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California
Well, since I'm selling my car soon anyways, I'm planning on changing my own timing belt to gain some more experience. I was reading the VFAQ about changing the timing belt on non turbos and a few questions came up. First, do I really need to remove the cam sprockets, tensioner pulley, and idler pulley? It was my impression that if I removed the timing belt pulley I could simply slip the belt off and install the new belt. Also, it says something about removing and replacing the camshaft seal. Is that really important in a car that has 60k miles on it? When reading the vfaq it seems like there's a lot of taking off and installing of the above mentioned pulleys and sprockets but why I need to do this isn't made clear. Additionally, are there any other tools that I need besides a gear puller, torque wrench, sockets, and the like? Thanks for any help you could provide. I think this timing belt job could turn out to be pretty fun... I don't know, the town i live in is pretty boring...