Thank you for taking the time to put together these videos and doing an
excellent job at describing each step. I followed the videos to a ‘T’ and I
successfully replaced my timing belt, pulleys, and water pump on my ’03
WRX. I seriously doubt I could’ve done it without your videos.
@wrxstiguy1 Bellhousing usually contains 2 nuts on the bottom engine studs,
and 6 long bolts. Be careful when re-inserting bolts and make sure the long
one for the starter goes back in the same hole so that you’re not threading
it into the motors coolant passages by mistake.
@mikethemeatball only thing i though it needed was tourque setting for
crank pully bolt, but i had the workshop manuals to find that out. all the
other things you mention are like you say, self explanatory, top job!
last time i changed a timing belt was about 10 years ago on my ford sierra
saphire cosworth 4×4. I beleived this job on my sti to be out of my reach,
but thanks to your tutorial i did it today in a few hours trouble free!!!
thanks for your help, your a star man!
@ycformosa Crankshaft sprocket pulls straight forward. If it’s corroded on
you might have to smack it lightly with a rubber mallet and work it off. Be
careful not to pry on the teeth of the sprock, they will bend or break
rendering the entire sprocket useless to the crankshaft position sensor
pickup. To remove the cam gears on the 98 you will need to wrap an old
timing belt around the cam you’re removing, wrap it around the crank
sprocket, and clamp the belt with vice grips tightly to prevent it
I used these videos to do a timing belt on my 02, really a great resource
if you haven’t done a timing belt before because this is NOT a situation
where you can afford any mistakes. Great job I wish there was a video like
this for every auto repair
@underconstructionmd Cool, do you remember what the torque was for the
crank bolt? I usually tighten it up pretty tight with the breaker bar and
no extension.
@DJTalan007 lol, thanks. Really it’s a melting pot of information that I’ve
gathered from local Subaru junkies and internet forums. I like helping the
community that has helped me.
@sizemic11 The 2.0 and 2.5 are the same procedure. This was on a 2.0L. The
STI 2.5’s and 06+ WRX’s and FXT’s have slightly different cam gears. I show
a segment in the video addressing these different cam gears. You just have
to remove 3 small bolts and a cover to access the bolt in order to turn
them.
@underconstructionmd Thank you 🙂 I still have small edits to do to this to
perfect it. I have the additional video to fix the errors but they are not
critical errors (forgot to mention the need for a drip pan, pliers, and
other small self-explanatory details)
Great job on the videos. Like underconstructionmd said, I’m not sure I
would have had the confidence to do this on my STi before seeing your
video, but now I’ll definitely be changing the belt myself when the time
comes.
Dude! This is an awesome video! I love that you took the time to find a
large white thing of white cardboard to write the name down and display
EVERY tool one will need for this BIG job! Not only that, but you use a
camera that’s clear enough to read what you wrote! PLEASE: IF YOU ARE A BIG
WIG AT YOUTUBE AND YOU ARE READING THIS GIVE THIS GUY AN AWARD! IF NOT AN
AWARD, HOW ABOUT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY ON THE SIDE? If that didn’t work… I
know Baby Jesus just gave you a huge Karma award!
Hi, I am having problem to get the cranksaft sprocket and passanger cam
sprockets off, I need to change the seals. they are leaking. thanks. I
forgot to mention. mine is 98 subaru forester
@ycformosa from moving. Then use the correct socket and an impact gun and
loosen the cam gears. You can then either remove the seal with a pick kit
or remove the valve cover (which I find easiest). Be sure to look at the
orientation of the cam seals BEFORE you remove them so you know how far
back they go when you install the new ones.
Did my T belt following this procedure. Was honestly way simpler then i
thought. Re tapping my crank snout to 9/16 after twisting off the pulley
bolt was the harder part. No it will never come out. Bolt was loose, key
ate out the back of the pulley. Metal dust EVERYWHERE. Especially back in
the bolt hole blocking and locking up the bolt. New tensioner, Sprocket,
key, pulley, intensive cleaning of everything to do with timing and a dab
of JB weld on the keyway and running better then ever
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Thanks much for the detailed video. What cam did you use to shoot this and
what software did you use to edit it?
Thank you for taking the time to put together these videos and doing an
excellent job at describing each step. I followed the videos to a ‘T’ and I
successfully replaced my timing belt, pulleys, and water pump on my ’03
WRX. I seriously doubt I could’ve done it without your videos.
@wrxstiguy1 Bellhousing usually contains 2 nuts on the bottom engine studs,
and 6 long bolts. Be careful when re-inserting bolts and make sure the long
one for the starter goes back in the same hole so that you’re not threading
it into the motors coolant passages by mistake.
@mikethemeatball only thing i though it needed was tourque setting for
crank pully bolt, but i had the workshop manuals to find that out. all the
other things you mention are like you say, self explanatory, top job!
Awsome mate, you should do a series of these for differrent repairs. Fancy
doing a clutch replacment tutorial that would be good for me.
THANK YOU!!! I saw your thread on NASIOC but this how to is wonderful!
Going to follow this to the T on my 05′ STi thank you!! -N
last time i changed a timing belt was about 10 years ago on my ford sierra
saphire cosworth 4×4. I beleived this job on my sti to be out of my reach,
but thanks to your tutorial i did it today in a few hours trouble free!!!
thanks for your help, your a star man!
You are such a badass!!! the fact that you took the time to do this and
posted everything for free, unbelievable! thanks again.
@ycformosa Crankshaft sprocket pulls straight forward. If it’s corroded on
you might have to smack it lightly with a rubber mallet and work it off. Be
careful not to pry on the teeth of the sprock, they will bend or break
rendering the entire sprocket useless to the crankshaft position sensor
pickup. To remove the cam gears on the 98 you will need to wrap an old
timing belt around the cam you’re removing, wrap it around the crank
sprocket, and clamp the belt with vice grips tightly to prevent it
@mikethemeatball it says 180NM (132.8 ft-lb) i had to hang on it like a
gorilla to get the wrench to click
I used these videos to do a timing belt on my 02, really a great resource
if you haven’t done a timing belt before because this is NOT a situation
where you can afford any mistakes. Great job I wish there was a video like
this for every auto repair
AWESOME VIDEO…I have an rs, so things are quite a bit different, but this
video and a giy on rs forums really helped me out(: Thanks man!
@underconstructionmd Cool, do you remember what the torque was for the
crank bolt? I usually tighten it up pretty tight with the breaker bar and
no extension.
@DJTalan007 lol, thanks. Really it’s a melting pot of information that I’ve
gathered from local Subaru junkies and internet forums. I like helping the
community that has helped me.
@sizemic11 The 2.0 and 2.5 are the same procedure. This was on a 2.0L. The
STI 2.5’s and 06+ WRX’s and FXT’s have slightly different cam gears. I show
a segment in the video addressing these different cam gears. You just have
to remove 3 small bolts and a cover to access the bolt in order to turn
them.
What size engine 2.0 or 2.5?
@underconstructionmd Thank you 🙂 I still have small edits to do to this to
perfect it. I have the additional video to fix the errors but they are not
critical errors (forgot to mention the need for a drip pan, pliers, and
other small self-explanatory details)
Great job on the videos. Like underconstructionmd said, I’m not sure I
would have had the confidence to do this on my STi before seeing your
video, but now I’ll definitely be changing the belt myself when the time
comes.
@cupofdiarrhea Shot it with an 8GB HD Cisco Flip camera, and edited it with
Cyberlink Powerdirector 9.
Dude! This is an awesome video! I love that you took the time to find a
large white thing of white cardboard to write the name down and display
EVERY tool one will need for this BIG job! Not only that, but you use a
camera that’s clear enough to read what you wrote! PLEASE: IF YOU ARE A BIG
WIG AT YOUTUBE AND YOU ARE READING THIS GIVE THIS GUY AN AWARD! IF NOT AN
AWARD, HOW ABOUT A LARGE SUM OF MONEY ON THE SIDE? If that didn’t work… I
know Baby Jesus just gave you a huge Karma award!
Hi, I am having problem to get the cranksaft sprocket and passanger cam
sprockets off, I need to change the seals. they are leaking. thanks. I
forgot to mention. mine is 98 subaru forester
@ycformosa from moving. Then use the correct socket and an impact gun and
loosen the cam gears. You can then either remove the seal with a pick kit
or remove the valve cover (which I find easiest). Be sure to look at the
orientation of the cam seals BEFORE you remove them so you know how far
back they go when you install the new ones.
Did my T belt following this procedure. Was honestly way simpler then i
thought. Re tapping my crank snout to 9/16 after twisting off the pulley
bolt was the harder part. No it will never come out. Bolt was loose, key
ate out the back of the pulley. Metal dust EVERYWHERE. Especially back in
the bolt hole blocking and locking up the bolt. New tensioner, Sprocket,
key, pulley, intensive cleaning of everything to do with timing and a dab
of JB weld on the keyway and running better then ever