warmblood58 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hi, I am new to Subaru and have a cracked front timing cover and it appears the rear cover is damaged as well. Do I need to remove the crank pulley/idlers to replace the rear cover so the front covers have something solid to attach to? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj7291993 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Iirc, the crank doesn't need to come off, but the cam gears would. Should be two pieces, one on each side. If it's just cracked, I wouldn't worry to much about it until it comes time to do the timing belt, unless it is rubbing on something. 'Course, if it bothers you, then by all means. If you're going that far though, unless it's just had them, it would make sense to do timing belt, idlers, tensioner, water pump, cam seals and crank seal. Especially if your belt's marks have worn off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warmblood58 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtdash Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 (edited) HI, This is basically a timing belt job. The crank pulley (drives the belts for P/S, Alt and AC) must come off to remove the middle timing cover to access the timing belt components. The cam gear / sprockets will be on TIGHT so you'll need to look up how to hold them in place to remove. As noted no reason to replace the covers unless you're doing the whole timing belt job A normal T-belt job does NOT require removal of the cam gears unless your cam seals are leaking, too, unless you DO need to replace rear covers. Td Edited November 11, 2015 by wtdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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