Depends on the engine they are all set up different how ever the belts on the fron or side of the engine can usaul be removed by locateing a idler pullythat the belt travels over that has a bolt slide mechanisam, as you turn the bolt the pully travels down it and releives the tension on the belts. On some cars this is done at the alternator and i know that on buicks they have a spring loaded tensioner with a bolt head on it that you put a breaker bar on and put pressure on while you slide the belt off. An engine type is needed to give a better discription, some engines have internal timing belts that are different again.
A Galant has timing belts, normally the belts break if they have not been serviced. As for as jumping time they belt may stretch causing it to run bad or not to run at all. Pull the cover off of the timing belt and check the timing using the timing marks. If they are off your car is out of time.
It's about $1300, half in labor. Just had it done in ours, replaced all other belts and water pump as well, since they all had to come off to get to the timing belt.
The timing belt is on the driver side of the engine in the thin plastic case(it is a simple 4 bolt remove). There are 2 serpentine belts in the way of this as well as the pullies they are attached to, it is a tight fit so be prepared for a lot of frustration!! All the belts must come off the car in order for you to change the timing belt.
you have to remove all belts
Mustang's have timing chains not belts and do not have interference engines. Change the timing chain when it brakes or stretches to the point it throws off your valve timing.
if you are talking about the beetle bug there is no timing belt. the cam is run off the crank gear to the cam gear.
Timing belts last about 70,000 miles. You should change the water pump while you're in there; Honda likes to drive them off the timing belt, they wear out about as fast as the timing belt does, and since you're in there anyway...
Replacing the timing belt isn't that hard of a job. You will have to jack up your car, and take off the driver side tire. This should expose the three belts. The timing belt should be th inner most belt. To make sure you know which belt is the timing belt, follow it and see where it goes. The belt that goes to your cam shaft(located on top of the engine covered by a black cover.) There should be a wheel that the belt goes onto. When the cams rotate, the rotate the wheel, which rotates the timing belt, which rotates the other two belts, keeping everything in time. The bottom wheel should have a bolt on it in the middle of the wheel. If you loosen that bolt, the wheel will be able to move, thus allowing you to tighten or loosen the belt(once it is on the wheel.) So you will have to take off the other belts, and then loosen the bolt on the lower wheel (the wheel that the timing belt goes around) and then remove and replace the belt. This is all from my memory, but if you just get in there you could easily do this job.
What motor is it? if its the 4g63,4g63-t its on the right side behind the timing belt covers, if its the 4g73 sohc its on the right as well ( i believe,might be on the left) behind the timing belt cover. There is an upper and lower cover for timing belts. You cannot see the belt without taking covers off,You should be able to take the upper off to inspect the belt from the cam side.
When changing the timing belt, you must also change the water pump and belt tensioner. While the belt is off, you want to check the front crankshaft seal for any leakage. if no leakage is found you don't need to replace it. You should also replace the accessory drive belts, as they will already be off to replace the timing belt.
Can your pully holding alternater belt and ect. coming loose and belts coming off cause my Honda to jump timing ?
which belt's? all of the accessory belts like power steering, a/c, and aternator are pretty easy. you just have to loosen the tensioning bolt enough to slip the belt off. then slip a new one on and retighten the tensioner. however, if you're talking about the timing belt, that's a much bigger process.