Toyota Corolla 1.3 SE Cambelt change

Tim Downie wrote:

the belt should be changed every five years or 63000 miles, whichever comes
first.  it is straightforward if you are used to cam belts and have a fairly
good toolkit.  If not then look for a mobile cambelt service.  It is a 2
hour job so a rough guide price would be about 200 quid all in.

Mrcheerful wrote:

Would that include tensioner replacement (or is that not routinely necessary
on this engine)?

Tim

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:40:05 +0100, Tim Downie wrote:


From Autodata:

Replacement interval is 63,000 miles, or 5 years.
Remove and install time is 2.2 hours. (Assuming PAS and AC.)

Three special tools are mentioned, together with data for checking the
free length of the tensioner spring.

Unless you are fairly experienced, I would advise getting some prices
first.

I will try to find a way to publish the data; ATM, I can only print it to
paper.

Chris

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Chris Whelan wrote:

the special tools are the ones for holding and pulling off the crank pulley,
most mechanics will be able to make do for those.

Chris Whelan wrote:

Don't worry, just after I posted I remembered that I have an old copy of the
Autodata disk!  Doh!

The disk mentions a few special tools.  Are these essentials or just nice to
have? I suspect my puller won't fit in the space available.  Is this
something that can be improvised or should I buy the Toyota tool?

Tim

Tim Downie wrote:

A cam belt kit will usually include the tensioner and spring, best to change
tensioner unless you are really certain the old one is good.
One of the tools is merely to hold the pulley still while undoing/doing it
up, one is the handle for that holder !  The puller may not be needed at
all, I made one for a similar application out of heavy flat bar and used the
crank bolt to pull the pulley off, YMMV  I expect the genuine tool would be
telephone numbers to buy.