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The Hyundai dealer will charge you $600 plus tax to change your 2.7L Santa Fe timing belt. Is it worth 6 or 7 hours of your time to save $500? Well, the belt itself will cost you only $90 at the dealer (ask for a 10% discount on the part). (I don't recommend using an off-brand belt. Why skimp just to save $20, when you're putting in 6 hours of labor, and a failed belt will trash your engine's valves?) So if you'd gladly put in 6 hours of labor to "earn" $500, read on. I have a 2002 Santa Fe 2.7L 2WD, but any 2001-2006 2.7L Santa Fe engine should be pretty identical. Took me about 7 hours to replace the timing belt. One hour was figuring out how to get the crankshaft pulley off - the instructions below will save you that aggravation! Replacing the timing belt is not difficult - just a bit time-intensive to remove everything to get to the belt. If you have access to Chilton manuals or AllData, then you can get some pics to go with what I describe below.

On a 21-speed bike, it is almost impossible to shift from smallest gear to largest gear in order. To do so, you'd have to shift something like the following example sequence. This would require shifting both the front and rear derailleurs at the same time, and jumping multiple sprockets at a single time like this: