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hey all...

not sure if i am needing to do it "yet" but thought i would start to look into it and gain some knoweladge before hand anyway.

any of you had this changed / changed it yaself, also what kinda price's would i be looking at, and where ya got em all done.

sorry its a bit of a boring question, but i was thinking there may be a few other people coming upto the 100000km mark and might benifit from hearing what other ppl have had done

cheers

shannon

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Howdy Shannon,

There are 3 components that need to be changed when you do the service ....the belt, idler and i cant remember the other one (my dad was an engine builder until a few months ago when he retired , he told me, but i forgot lol)

The parts are pretty damn cheap, the biggest cost is the labour time involved ... i have been quoted about $450 - $500 from some places , and atleast twice that from other places.. it all depends on where you go as some places charge an arm and a leg "because they can" , and in the process rip young people off with high performance imports... so just be careful.

Hope this helps

Rob

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Thanks for the sympathy guys. Yeah it was the idler bearing bolt that snapped. You can see where the other half is still in the block. The timing belts fine - just feathered on the inside edge.

Get someone who know what they're doing - and make sure no apprentice works on ya car :)

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