| You are probably confused with the job of | | | | |
| your Saab belts. How about reading this | | | | If the timing belt fails completely, the |
| article, with notes from an online source, to | | | | engine will just grind to a halt and the |
| get the know-how on one of those belts? - The | | | | vehicle will totally not work. The valves and |
| timing belts. | | | | pistons can drive themselves into the |
| | | | camshaft, thereby causing them to just bend |
| Timing Belts are tightened rubber bands or | | | | and brake. A very little warning is executed |
| sometimes chains used to proportion the | | | | by a failing timing belt so it is wise that a |
| turnings of the crankshafts and camshafts in | | | | timely timing belt replacement be made. |
| internal combustion engines. In the inner | | | | |
| part of some timing belts are teeth that will | | | | The professionals are responsible for |
| correspond to the gears of a specific engine | | | | replacing them because a lot of peripheral |
| design. Older vehicles have timing belts used | | | | parts like the distributor and may be the |
| only to synchronize camshafts and | | | | water pump has to be removed for it to become |
| crankshafts. But with today's modern engines, | | | | accessible. New timing belts have to exactly |
| they are also often used to drive the water | | | | match the old ones. The vehicle with broken |
| pumps. | | | | timing belts has to be towed into the shop. |
| | | | And when the timing belt has been replaced, |
| The timing belts must keep the valves and the | | | | the mechanic has to synchronize the camshaft |
| pistons working in an accurate order. At just | | | | and the crankshaft with a special kind of |
| the right time, each valve and piston | | | | strobe light. Repairing the broken timing |
| combination must push down on the individual | | | | belt could take several hours, but it's all |
| cams on a camshaft. It is like pedaling a | | | | worth it. |
| bicycle, where the pedal must reach the top | | | | |
| before you can push it down again. Your foot | | | | The mechanic may also suggest that the water |
| will either fall through or just break the | | | | pump be changed at the same time with the |
| pedal right off if you tried to push the | | | | timing belt. No need to worry because it will |
| pedal too soon. Timing belts work to prevent | | | | probably be worth your while in the long run. |
| the pushing of the pistons and the valves on | | | | This is because just about all the work is |
| the camshaft before it has reached a full | | | | done to replace the water pump when the |
| cycle. | | | | timing belt is being changed; which means it |
| | | | will not require any additional labor as |
| Timing belts have a life-span of at least | | | | compared to repeating all that work and the |
| 60,000 miles, but some of the modern designs | | | | mechanic would then charge again for the |
| will last the whole life of the engine. They | | | | labor if the water pump has to fail at a |
| should be replaced in accordance to the | | | | later stage. |
| manufacturer's recommendations. | | | | |