Is it time for a cam belt change

Hi,

The cam belt on the Jimny is by far the easiest I have ever done! I am only a DIY mechanic at home, have no formal training but spent many an hour under a car.

If you are a patient, and diligent mechanic and you can change an auxiliary belt, refill a cooling system and are not in a rush, you can do it no probs.

I got all the parts from JA Parts Ltd for under £50 (changed the tensioner as well) and it took me less than 3 hrs to do. Happy to help further if I can.

Cheers

did you take the rad out? I think it'll help with access considerably. best price I can get for a belt and pulley is £55 delivered. All the locals want more to collect

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grumpy22 wrote: did you take the rad out? I think it'll help with access considerably. best price I can get for a belt and pulley is £55 delivered. All the locals want more to collect

I ordered this:


And this:


Don't know why but it works out cheaper than this, but is exactly the same!


They combined postage, and delivery was unbelievably quick.

I did not take the radiator off. I did however remove the 4 nut/bolts which hold the cowling onto the rad, and removed it when I removed the viscus fan, this allowed plenty of room, and I did not struggle at all.

HTH

if its the g13bb engine its a very easy job to change the belt & tensioner

i had never changed one on any car before but did one on a jimny few months ago & was supprised just how easy it is

i would recomend taking the rad out as it gives you alot better access & makes the job easyer

yes it's the G13 engine. I'm going to give the supplier above a call tomorrow. thanks for the heads up. I like the idea of not removing the rad as it cuts down on the faff, is access OK with the rad still on?

done quite a few belts and they've all been messy fiddly jobs - even on landies. just poor tight access.

thanks

access is tight with the rad in & as its takes less than 5 mins to take rad out its not worth the stress of leaving it in

i suppose everyone does things a bit differant