Hi all,

 

Have just been looking at the timing belt service kit on the coutesy site.

 

http://www.courtesyparts.com/z32/z32-tbkita1.html

 

Have noticed the cam bely tensioner makes up a huge amount of the overall cost.

 

Is it really vital to replace this?

 

Also I have noticed that they offer a couple of other pulleys as an option. I will be adding an underdrive pulley anyway but any opinions on the other pulleys they are selling?

 

Many thanks,

 

Justin.

 

Is it really vital to replace this?

 

 

depends if it breaks up or not later on in life!! :cry:

the ease of mind that comes from fitting it will be greater than the cost involved in purchasing it,

 

my philosophy is that its cheaper in the long term to replace parts than wait for them to break.

Ok, I take thats its a good idea to replace the tensioner.

 

Any thoughts on the other pulleys?

 

Justin

What I was told was to replace the "normal" belt plus a few bits at 50,000 and then do the full monty at 100,000 including all the pulleys, tensioners and whatnot.

 

I've just found my notes.

Idler Pulley 13077-F6510 is an option

Secondary Tensioner Pulley 13077-F6200 is an option

the Timing Belt Tensioner assy 13070-45V04 is supposed to be in the kit

It looks expensive when quoted on its own, but is cheaper when included in the kit.

 

So I would do the kit every 50k miles then the kit + optional pulleys every 100k miles. I stand to be corrected!

 

Interestingly, last year, the price for Secondary Tensioner Pulley 13077-F6200 was $160 + shipping / duty from the US and only £41.30 here in the UK from Mr F. So it's not always cheaper from US ;)

Thanks Geo,

 

That advise is good enough for me and it saves a bit of cash:)

 

Justin

I think the service interval was reduced by Nissan to 40k miles and here is the list of what you should replace

 

http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=275&Car_Type=NIS300&UID=2004080414490781.152.157.159

Yep, TopLess link to the ConceptZ site works for me - that's the same (at least as far as I can remember cos it's too late to go for the files, sorry) as I recall the kit being.

 

The Timing Belt Tensioner IS in that kit. It's the optional pulleys which you can probably get away with only every other belt change. (I did. So far. fingers crossed.)

 

I can (dimly) remember a discussion with Mr F about whether the belt service had been dropped from 60k to 50k or perhaps 50k to 40k (miles) but can't remember which way round it was.