HKS Cambelt how often should it be changed

[Rabster The Outlaw]

Hi all how often should you change the cambelt on the RB26 ? 
 

the car has done less than 15,000 miles since the last time it was changed so curious as to how many years it should last etc vs how many miles 

 

normally I would do them on previous cars at around 5-6 years of 60-70k 

 

is it the same for the HKS I can’t find any specs etc 

[niZmO_Man]

hey mate, if I had the option, I would do the timing belt + supporting hardware (pulleys, etc etc) since our engines are getting old. I wouldn't trust some rando's "maintenance intervals" unless you really trust them.

Normally you'd change them around the 100,000km mark but remember belts degrade with age, so it's up to you if you think it's worth the peace of mind to change them now (I would).

I wouldn't trust a HKS or other branded belt such as Gates/Nismo/Nissan/MINES/etc. to last longer than 10 years.

Hope that helps.

[Rabster The Outlaw]

Hi that does help, the garage did the belt back in 2017 but it went off the road in 2019 and hasn’t yet really come back out so it’s 7 years old now so probably worth just changing and being done with it 

[GTSBoy]

At 7 years it's probably fine for a long time. Mine is probably still the one I put on in 2012. Can't remember changing it since then. Will be thinking about doing it sometime in the next coupla.