Timing Chain

[MattM450]

hey, i have a 95 3.4l camaro with 83k miles and i just did a ton of maitenance work on it. however i dont know much about the timing chain, and i searched the forum to see if i could find any information on it, but i didnt find much. what i want to know is, does this timing chain ever need to be replaced? if so, at about how many miles should i take it into consideration? i know that bad things would happen if it were to break...thanks for the help.

[homer]

i have 94 3.4 stock with 160000 miles,i change oil every 3000.at 122k i asked dealer mechanic about timing gear.he consulted manual and said said "run it". im considering tearing into it

[viper98885]

I did mine with the rebuild. They are not too expensive and if you have a high-mileage engine, it's one of those things that you may as well do if you are in there with the front timing cover off anyway. I have never heard of anyone on this board's timing set breaking, but I would hate to be the pioneer on that one.

[Camaro Dom]

duh... usually chains dont break. its the belts that you really gotta worry about (not our motors) cuz those snap reletivly close to the service interval. after a while, the chain kinda stretches out. its a good idea to change it, but you wont likely have major problems if you dont. then again... like viper said: do you really wanna be the pioneer on that?

[Javelin3o4]

yeah the chains will normally stretch. on my sisters chrysler though the chain actually snapped.

[Antiricer4u]

yea my mom had two dodge caravans that had timing set probs. One I believe was the bearing or sprocket or something. The other one the chain just plain snapped.

[Camaro Dom]

ok then i stand corrected. i still think that belts are more prone to breakage tho

[BobbyZ72]

its a dodge what do you expect.. especially the caravans, caravans also have tons of transmission problems, ive know sever diffrent people with them. Their trucks also get terriable gas mileage. Dodges are junk, they always have been in the past and by the way its looking always will be. Ask anyone who owns one.

[Antiricer4u]

Originally posted by BobbyZ72:
its a dodge what do you expect.. especially the caravans, caravans also have tons of transmission problems, ive know sever diffrent people with them. Their trucks also get terriable gas mileage. Dodges are junk, they always have been in the past and by the way its looking always will be. Ask anyone who owns one.

case in point....

Torque converter on the second caravan my mom owned....hah

now she has a chrysler (sp?)