is a cambelt a one use item?

[scoobygt]

have a spear motor that\'s done a beb but the cambelt and all there rest of it was done 15,000ks prior to that so can I swap it all over to my car?

[scoobygt]

I will ask again can I or can I not reuse a perfectly good cambelt, no offence b-magic

[reaperblitz]

Iv done it in two cars but in saying that these belts were preeeeeeetty good. No frays no cracks no heat marks.

But reusing a tensioner on a new belt on an Altezza is an effin no no

[scoobygt]

probably not the best idea, but short term could be ok.

[Stoffa]

15,000kms is nothing, just reuse it!!

how the hell can a belt being used on a different engine shorten its life? it cant, just make sure you mark the direction before you pull it off if the arrows are worn off already. and you may have to find a diagram of how many teeth between timing marks if the timing lines have also worn off.

[DRFVDR]

should be able to be reused, as with the idlers ( but i would fit a new tensioner) one thing to remember is the direction of travel mark it on the belt before removing of old engine and make sure it is fitted the same way on new engine,as at 15,000 km the belt will have stressed in one direction and may fail early if run the other way.

I would only run it for the maximum of 60,000 km from fitment ( so 75 k km in total)

[Stoffa]

tensioner can also be reused IF retensioned as per factory manual. from memory less than 1 ton pressure slowly over a few minutes

[mondo]

Put it on at your own risk, was it damaged when installed the first time?, is it going to snap?when am I going to win lotto?Who knows whats going to happen.

[Drunkenmonkey]

Reuse the lot I\'ve done it numorus times just slowly push the tensioner in with a vice,

[scoobygt]

sounds like it\'ll be sweet for awhile then thanks chaps

[Guest]

Sorry but have to ask does no one at supercheap know this stuff? No material you can read on it?

[reaperblitz]

Ask someone that actually has it in their line of work like automotive repairs or mechanics or trial and tested experienced people. I wouldn\'t put much faith in a sales person that (if anything) would have the most basic info on the matter.

Otherwise they\'d be in a way better job getting better pay.... No offense to anyone

[Drunkenmonkey]

Boostin tht was on here is a winger mechanic and they do it all the time, also before I knew anything with subarus and had my head gasket done they reused mine and that had done 50,000 ended up changing it on 100,000 km mark and was fine.

[Guest]

 reaperblitz said:

Ask someone that actually has it in their line of work like automotive repairs or mechanics or trial and tested experienced people. I wouldn\'t put much faith in a sales person that (if anything) would have the most basic info on the matter.

Otherwise they\'d be in a way better job getting better pay.... No offense to anyone

Know what you mean...dont necessarily agree in some parts jobs you actually do training and hands on stuff/trade shows to learn stuff not just oh Im thick as shit go somewhere else. OP works at supercheap if Im correct. Could be way off though...

[scoobygt]

lol