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Hey My timing belt broke and I wanted to know if anyone can send a right up on how to change it

it'd really help if we knew what car/engine you have, assuming because you posted this in the 4cyl area that you have a 4cyl? SOHC or DOHC?

while your replacing your belt i recommend you replace your water pump as well, and if you really want to go the extra step you can replace the cam and crank seals (assuming your not gonna be dumb and is buying a timing belt component kit and not JUST a belt, in which case i recommend getting the kit with the idler and tensioner)

if you have a DOHC this will help a lot, even if you have a SOHC it'll give you a good idea
http://mx5unleashed.com/tech/timing-belt-mx5.html

o sorry its a 92 sohc 1.6L

Its easy as pie. Plenty of room to work on that motor. The timing is fairly intuitive.

http://www.mx-3.com/manuals/showimg.php ... B1-012.gif

i am having trouble taking off the belt that on the power sterring pump how do i take off the belt and is the bolt for the crank pully hard to take off i ask because i am changing the timing belt on the street and its cold i have no choice because the old belt broke . the diagram is helpfull the belt on the power sterring

i am having trouble taking off the belt that on the power sterring pump how do i take off the belt and is the bolt for the crank pully hard to take off i ask because i am changing the timing belt on the street and its cold i have no choice because the old belt broke . the diagram is helpfull the belt on the power sterring

http://www.mx-3.com/manuals/showimg.php ... B1-006.gif

at the bottom of that page it shows how to remove the alternator belt. The alternator itself is the tensioner.

http://www.mx-3.com/manuals/showimg.php ... B1-007.gif

at the top of that page is the PS pump. the PS pump itself is the tensioner.

Crank pulley is 200 ft lbs, lots of guys jam their breaker bar against the A arm or ground and tap the starter to get it off.

An impact gun makes the crank bolt a non-issue if you have one...

But just cause you use an impact doesn't make it fast... eh Curtis?

On that note, I got an impact for christmas

Ryan wrote:But just cause you use an impact doesn't make it fast... eh Curtis?

Correct. It's a proven fact that Ryan works twice as fast with hand tools than I do with air tools.

I heard Ryan can buzz off lug nuts with hand tools faster then an impact

I heard Ryan once ate a giant... whole... without even chewing...

That's funny because giants are big.

Now you're just getting mean.

Some say he naturally faces magnetic north and that all his legs are hydraulic

Some say His testicles are made from Titanium and that his under-pants are carbon-fibre

Some say that he's a C.I.A. experiment that went wrong, and that he only eats cheese

All we know ... he 's called Ryan