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I've watched a lot of these vids, everyone pulls half the car apart to get to the belt. I'm relieved to see you can leave radiator etc in. Also, no one else has shown the trick of using alternate belt to tighten crank, brilliant and totally worked! Great vid, I can do this now after watching, thank you.

This mans an honest to god mechanic. I knew it the moment he went "this gasket isn't THAT important" and omitted it. We've all been there, we just hate to admit it. Good work, super helpful, love your companies parts!

Exactly what I needed. Timing belt replacement without water pump. Outstanding detailed video.

If you need instructions on how to open the hood you better not attempt to replace a timing belt.

Wow, this guy need to do all tutorials for everything. What a boss

Just did it today, great video, the extra advice to make your life easier 1-place a big paper clip on the timing marks on both cam sprockets to hold them in place, 2-leave the left upper and lower pulleys uninstalled until the belt is around all the other pulleys then tighten the upper then the lower pulley and you are done without pulling or tugging on the belt

This company really sends parts very quick I’m impressed

I can't believe he chose to do this without removing the cooling fans! So easy to do, and makes so much more room to work with. Each to their own I guess.

Thank you for reinstalling and installing the parts step by step this video definitely A plus and 👍 , coz the other video I watch was very confusing and some video are cut off , talking .... your video was clean and explained clearly.

What do you do if the engine is already slightly out of time when you bring the crank shaft to top dead center? He just slightly turns it counter clockwise gently but what if both camshaft sprockets are off cause of a loose timing belt?

I find the fact that they show you how to pop the hood very interesting. Timing job might be a little complex to someone who's never opened there hood before 😂.

One trick you left out- I was having a 'heck' (not my wording at the time!) of a time getting the harmonic balancer back on. Then I used a mirror to see down the hole, to help square it and align the keyway with the key. Then it slipped on nicely.

what a great video. i am going to do this tomorrow. only advice would be to clip that gasket for the belt housing to take up the slack and refit. great video!!

Explained important pointers, not skipped over. Good demo.

Just a tiny addition to the bleeding of the tensioner is that you need to do the compression and expansion rate within no less then a minute.

FYI: The pistons are at mid stroke not TDC on the Subaru motors when crank marks lineup.

Thank you for an excellent video explanation. This will make my timing belt job much easier!!!

Very good video, thanks! Here's a tip: My alternator belt was glazed and it slipped when trying to tighten the harmonic balancer bolt as recommended in the video. I had some "belt grip" on hand which solved the problem.

Thank you for your great videos.

Wish me luck 🙏 and thank you for the opportunity to have all of youz as a mentor 💙 ❤️ ❤️

That is one accessible timing belt

Very thorough video.😊

Wooow, this guys are heroes!

Great video!👍 i watched it your video to refreshed my mind on the process. Thanks

The rubberseal on the timingcovers were a must to put back, to prevent debris coming on the belts. Also I always put a little antiseize to the crankpulley mounting area on the crankshaft, to prevent it get stuck. Overall 7 out of 10 for this video.

Thanks for the great video - I never would have tackled this project without your help. Installing the toothed pulley after the belt is in place is a brilliant idea. Suggestion - it's much easier to get the timing cover out from behind those two oxygen sensor wires if you unhook them from that bracket holding them. Just squeeze the plastic doodads on the back of the bracket with needle nose pliers and they'll pop right out. I was replacing the water pump too, so drained the coolant and removed the upper radiator hose and both fans; that gave me plenty of room to get at the pulleys and such. I also removed the radiator, but in retrospect I'm not sure it was worth it - you only gain another inch and a quarter or so of depth behind the AC condenser, and a standard impact still doesn't fit. You have to deal with the lower hose and trans cooler lines, and it's just a lot of screwing around to gain an inch. Speaking of impact, the crank pulley bolt on mine was INSANE. Long story short, after fighting it by hand for well over an hour, I borrowed an insane nuclear-powered SnapOn impact and offset drive from a mechanic buddy and had it out in ten seconds. By hand, with or without the special crank pulley holder tool, I never would have gotten it. (I used a medium-duty "strap wrench".) I needed a gear puller to get the pulley off. Finally, installing the new tensioner, the bolt didn't feel right, almost but not quite like it was cross threading. It turns out some previous jackwagon had stripped out the threads, then filled it with JB Weld and put the bolt in and called it good. Heli-coil to the rescue.

Thanks for making this. On the hydraulic tensioner, shouldn't the black o-ring on the bolt be removed before you install it? Isn't it there for shipping purposes only? Also it seems easier to remove the electric fans out? A couple of clips and bolts and you have extra inches to work in.

Awesome thanks!

Thankyou awsome job. Yes SIRRRRRRRR

Do the cams stay in place without a tool to hold them? I have changed belts on other cars that had special tools to keep cams from turning because of valve springs.

Thank You for this video! My biggest issue was getting the crankshaft bolt loose! Special tools are expensive for a once every 95K mile project! Question: when do you recommend also replacing the water pump while into the engine this far? Maybe the second timing belt??

One thing about the top cover seal... if your power steering pump leaks you can get the atf (PS fluid) under the cover and on the belt. Don't ask me how I know.

good work, helped immensely.

Looks pretty straight forward...for a professional mechanic. Checking my oil and keeping an eye on tire pressure is my limit.

Very nice.

This video is great, but what do you do with that extra orange part if you have a manual transmission? After watching this video I really feel like I could do this job myself, but I won’t dare try to replace a timing belt without knowing every step. Anyone know of another video where it’s demonstrated?

very good and very eazy .You're a professional man

Thanks ! awesome video. Although removing the rad and fans will make it a lot easier and it's really not difficult to do.

My new belt doesn’t have those marks? Does it matter how I put it on as long as the letters are facing me?

Do you have to torque the idler puller on the tensioner or is that set from the manufacturer and you just do the mounting bracket bolt?

Why not at least remove the fans. You're talking 4x 10mm bolts and it gives you so much more room. Also chucking away the timing cover seals seems like a bad idea. Timing belts aren't replaced often, these cars often get used off road and the timing belt is at the front of the engine. It'll likely get foreign objects in there, Potentially degrading the belt prematurely. Personally I'd recommend replacing the water pump. While doing the timing belt. It's just good practice. Otherwise good video Definitely one of the easier timing belts to change.

Great instructions. The music is an unnecessary distraction. Why do people think they have to have music? Thanks for explaning every step.

Is it possible to overtighten the pulley bolts by hand and strip them?

6:30 you do not need to ruin your sepentine belt to lock the crank to get the pulley off, there is a flywheel access in back of motor you can stick a screwdriver in to lock it too

Hi I’m alpha could you show me how to replace the spark plugs in the Subaru tribeca 2006

So as far as the tool goes it’s $50 for the tool or it’s the price of the belt I had to buy both as the trick didnt work

Do you all have a video on replacing the Timing Belt on the 2010 Outback? This video was great but it's 1 year off for my vehicle.

If it has a tight seal because it's hydraulic how does air get in or out?

Sorry bit confused around 4:35 if someone can clear it up, do I loosen the bolt on the plastic/soft metal part?

Weird....my 2004 Forrester ac belt tensioner bolt was reverse threaded. Doesnt show that in this video

Does anyone know a Harmonic Balancer removal tool that fits this car? Mine is really stuck in there. Great video except seems a little unrealistic that the harmonic balancer would just pop off like that.

My problem is my timing lines and white marks are not in the same location as yours are. They have a white dot and red dot and the timing line machined in-between on the cams. Is this normal or does anyone know what the heck is going on??

Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just remove that top radiator hose?

Is this a similar procedure for the 2012 outback 2.5?

Tanks

Are this aisin japan timing belts?

Do you not need to replace the water pump?

What about the engine on sound

In "real time" how long does this take? Just wondering what my local labor charge for this might be.

No LocTite?

Hi, the timming belt should be replace at 100,000 miles or 100,000 km ?

Nice job. There's a lot of controversy over weather or not to change the water pump and coolant while doing the timing belt service. If you have the extra funds, I'd say go ahead and do it all in one shot.

Will this be the same for a 2005 Subaru Outback?

is this the same on a 2002 outback with a flat 4????????????????????????/

Good video with careful explanations. The background music is abhorrent.

Great video but the “belt trick” did not work at all. My belt kept slipping. Do yourself a favor and just get the special tool for holding the harmonic balancer in place.

Would it be the same on a 2010 WRX?

I wonder if that Subaru is still running today 2022 .

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Didn’t replace water pump didn’t rotate engine to check timing didn’t remove radiator for easer Access . This is why i do my stuff myself

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You didn't use the loctite

I'm a single broke mom about to change time belt on my own I had to borrow $ to buy time belt ...my subaru is a 2005 outback so I don't have to mark anything before I start taking parts off?

He never addressed dont lose the key way on the crank pulley. Important step to leave out.

Yep, kind of kills the cred of an otherwise nice video to not replace the timing seal and accept sand and debris getting into the timing area. The main drive pulley tool is only $28.

Do yourself a favor and leave the geared idler in. Remove the passenger side lower idler. Use a 17MM wrench or breaker to hold tension on the right hand cam pulley, make sure all teeth lock, and the belt will slip right in between the water pump and geared idler. Replace the passenger idler...there's plenty of play with the long stretch returning to the passenger side cam pulley. Trying to ease the geared idler in like this guy does is a recipe for cross-thread and installing a heli-coil blind. This lady goes full boss mode on her timing belt, plus it's the same channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6uCidGa1sCpeJc.html

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What about the water pump? 1A auto should've shown to put new gaskets on. I wouldn't want this tech who skips parts to work on my car.

That poor things had a nasty freon leak.

Great video but, if you have to be shown how to open the hood do you have any business doing this kind of job?

Don’t do it at home 😅

If you don’t know how to open the hood then stay far away from the car.

How about water pump? You left old water pump on the car ??? Wierd?? What if it fails you gonna be doing it all over again !!?