I wrote a quick article about my recent TL repair experience (Note: I don't own TL or currently working in automotive repair field)
The parts were supplied by customer, purchased on Amazon. Timing belt was Mitsuboshi brand made in Thailand.
My past timing belt change experience on V-6 engines has been limited to Toyota/Lexus FWD.
Thank you for reading!

 

Good writeup. It looks like the customer got lucky with the belt snapping at just the right spot where the valves wouldn't have contact with any of the piston heads. Otherwise it seems that cranking it over would have caused some damage.

 

whew, I didnt want to take the chance opening up the attachement at work. Thank you losiglow. i'll go ahead and read it now.

 

I chanced it too


ehh just work laptop anyway

 

Oh, that was probably stupid of me. But yeah, it's legit.

 

Source?

Not required and a waste of time....

No way I'd do this, especially on an engine with unknown miles. Very likely that that tensioner will fail before the next TB change is due.

 

Japan made NTN timing parts last 2 timing belt change intervals this why this tensioner costs more than entire GMB kit

 

The timing belt tensioner is usually the first to go bad in the timing belt system.

 

In this particular case I will be worry about the belt quality / shelf life (as customer declined OEM part kit due to the cost). When tensioner goes bad it makes loud ticking sound. I have a feeling that in 2 years the belt will need to be changed again

 

Yeah, I went all OEM with the belt kit. I wasn't under the impression that the tensioner was a weak link in the setup. Either way, it's a good idea to change everything you can while you're in there. I even changed the idler pulley which I think literally no one has reported as ever going bad. But hey, it's $12 and takes 10 minutes to change

 

Actually in my case the GMB roller had significant play and spit the grease all over. The idler roller from the kit was Koyo USA (went over the shim