Thread: 12 valve /24valve

Originally Posted by shift14

Huh?, what's the correlation between big ends and cambelt?.
I did 4 cambelts on mine, replaced coolant, water pump, tensioner and all belts, but why the need to do big ends every 100k?.
I understood that once the big ends were done as a service improvement, that was it.
I never did mine, daily drive, never towed, oil and filter every 5thou k's.
I was told by my mate who runs a 4wd center that if the bearings hadn't gone by 150k's, they're probably not going to.
Sold it at 456 thou k's, same oil pressure and economy per tank fill as when I bought it 17 years ago.

But hey, what do I know?.

B

I'm going by the reports of owners on a couple of 4x4 forums and a mechanic or two I know. Also looking at TM ads that seemed to be a common thing 'that had just been done' ad after ad. They also seemed to be very hard on the running gear being full time 4x4, also from the same sources.