OEM every 70,000 or 7 years I believe it is, whichever comes first.

I do mine every 2 years. That is about 3,500-4,000 miles

 

60K here. If I'm doing some sort of major mechanical repair which requires TB removal and it's close to the 60k then I'll do it too. I usually replace all the timing components every 2 changes, waterpump included.

 

Maybe I'm just paranoid. But ever since my b. belt broke and took my timing belt with it, I can't help it.

Anybody else have short intervals?

 

I dont have a Balance shaft so I removed that problem.

 

I have only put one on when im doing either a head or waterpump. Other than that I haven't gotten to 60k yet on any of my cars.

 

Man, these days I do one a year.

 

+1

...Not to thread jack..but what timing belt are you guys running? I've been throwing on the OEM, but I notice some of you rocking the bling (i.e. kevlar, greddy). Are those belt that much worth it for a DD?

No. I tried one of the Power Enterprises, kevlar timing belts for a year; about 15,000 miles when the Talon was my DD. I felt like I wasted my money, so I switched back. I recommed you just stick with the Mitsu OEM. It will be fine for your DD.

 

What kind of life will a greddy kevlar timing belt give me? Is this belt one that you still should change every 60-70k miles?

 

That depends... the Greddy US or JDM gear... as we know, JDM stuff is super TytE

 

I hope you were just being sarcastic. I don't know if you were being serious. I believe all greddy parts are made in Japan, so that would make it JDM.

 

Every 50K for me, so in a few weeks it will be two TB jobs on the laser since I have owned it for five years.Buy I used to DD it till I got the Jeep, and although it might be overkill I replace everything,belts/idlers/pulleys/tens (duh..),WP,cam seals etc...
It might be overkill but I have never had a 4G fail on me in 13 years and none of my cars ever leaked or had stupid breakdowns that were lack of maintenance related.

 

Going to change my GReddy belt in maybe 50K ... It's easy to see if the belt wear with my clear gear cam cover

 

My scheduled replacement is at 50k, however it seems that for other reasons it's always done sooner.

 

It was done at about 95k, and I just did it last DEC 07 in which the car was at 130k. The car didn't get driven from Jan - Jul of this year, so I'll probably do it next summer again right before I deploy, again. Why not right? The timing belt/belts/water pump maintenance package isn't too pricey, and changing em out gives one some piece of mind when going WOT everyday on a DD.

Not to thread jack..but what timing belt are you guys running? I've been throwing on the OEM, but I notice some of you rocking the bling (i.e. kevlar, greddy). Are those belt that much worth it for a DD?

 

What IS the advantage of the "super" belts? To withstand interference from loose debris or absorb the impact from a b. belt snapping? If it's just to last longer, would the other timing components last with it?

I agree that renewing your timing components is worth the peace of mind. To me, that's worth changing them early. It's fairly cheap and the labor isn't horrible.

50k is becoming the average interval here. That would be my max.

 

Didn't Greddy go bankrupt?

 

I hope not because I love their products.

I don't really know why some of you change the timing belt once a year ?
The eom one I had was there for maybe 8 years

 

I think that greddy did go under. That happened awhile ago too. I have heard that the reason that you get the kevlar timing belts is cause they don't break. I haven't heard of any kevlar belts breaking under normal circumstances like oem belts would. I will still always use a kevlar belt as long as I own a dsm. The peace of mind is worth the extra money.

 

I think the kevlar is for higher horsepower dsm's because they will withstand the stratching and wont break as easily.

 

Any of you see any good deals out there for the timing belt kits? I need to do mine asap. It squeals like a little girl in the mornings/cold temps. I still have b/s as well.

 

Check out at www.JNZTuning.com ... Best place for eom parts and you know you want a least oem parts.

For the squeals don't you think its more one of the other strap ? Like maybe the power steering one.

 

I dont know how old the timing belt on my 2g is but ill be changing it within a couple weeks. Its almost 1 year now and its still together. I just blew my head gasket so ill be changing that, water pump, BS belt, and t-belt.

 

Any of you see any good deals out there for the timing belt kits? I need to do mine asap. It squeals like a little girl in the mornings/cold temps. I still have b/s as well.

 

Nice, VIP has what I'm looking for! Thks

 

No prob.

 

How often is changeout recommended for the WP? Is it with every other belt changeout?

What's odd (for me, that is..)is that the 4G63 is the only motor that I know of that WP's are in the belt changing cycle. I've never done any WP on other motors that I've done.

On the link above: I've never heard of "Continental" belt parts - any buzz or history of reliability with this brand?

 

Chavez408: Continental timing belt kit ... Why don't you go with ebay kit since you want to go cheap ? Don't forget that you get what you pay for ...

op712: Yes on every belt changeout it's a good idea to change the WP.

 

My t-belt is 2 maybe 3 years OLd Il replace in another 4 years. Is a goodyear t-belt kit can't remember were I got it. adv auto/autozone not sure.