Drive belt DIY?
06-28-19 | 02:33 AM
#16
23 N·m {235 kgf·cm, 17ft·lbf}
07-27-19 | 01:30 PM
#18
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So my belt let go yesterday at 75k miles. Should I do the tensioner at the same time for good measure? Or does it last longer. My car is an 2008 and it had the tensioner replaced with the updated part in around 2010-2011 at ~ 30k mi.
Thx.
Thx.
07-27-19 | 07:17 PM
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Honestly if it's not a fortune I'd do them both while I was working on it.
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UCrazyKid (07-27-19)
07-27-19 | 08:06 PM
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07-28-19 | 01:27 PM
#22
How the Lexus Dealer can charge $375.00 for that tensioner is really criminal. There is only one and it is a Dayco with a Lexus PN. You can get them for one sixth of $375.00. Wouldn't be so bad if the mechanics got some of that, but they do not.
When, I was 16 my father told me, "you drive it, you fix it". The conversation never went further than that and to this day I do nearly everything my self. Honestly, most of this stuff, including timing belts, I can do myself in half the time it takes to drop the car off at the dealer.
I have an envious lifestyle and I think most of the reason is, "you drive it, you fix it."
When, I was 16 my father told me, "you drive it, you fix it". The conversation never went further than that and to this day I do nearly everything my self. Honestly, most of this stuff, including timing belts, I can do myself in half the time it takes to drop the car off at the dealer.
I have an envious lifestyle and I think most of the reason is, "you drive it, you fix it."
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UCrazyKid (07-28-19)
07-28-19 | 05:14 PM
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How the Lexus Dealer can charge $375.00 for that tensioner is really criminal. There is only one and it is a Dayco with a Lexus PN. You can get them for one sixth of $375.00. Wouldn't be so bad if the mechanics got some of that, but they do not.
When, I was 16 my father told me, "you drive it, you fix it". The conversation never went further than that and to this day I do nearly everything my self. Honestly, most of this stuff, including timing belts, I can do myself in half the time it takes to drop the car off at the dealer.
I have an envious lifestyle and I think most of the reason is, "you drive it, you fix it."
When, I was 16 my father told me, "you drive it, you fix it". The conversation never went further than that and to this day I do nearly everything my self. Honestly, most of this stuff, including timing belts, I can do myself in half the time it takes to drop the car off at the dealer.
I have an envious lifestyle and I think most of the reason is, "you drive it, you fix it."
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08-01-19 | 04:08 AM
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08-01-19 | 10:17 AM
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Thanks for this. Just a single bolt? interesting. Is it in the center of the spring coil assembly or the hole in the lower portion of the whole assembly? Thanks for the heads up on the allen cap head bolt!
08-01-19 | 12:17 PM
#30
its in the center there on the body of the spring assembly. A little rust colored in my photo.