How to Change Ducati Cam Belts | Back in the Garage | Ducati Monster 

2 CRITICAL steps NOT mentioned in the video, although they might be posted in the comments above somewhere... Failing to perform these can likely end up in a trashed motor-- FYI for anyone who doesn't know. 1) Mark the belt and the gear on the side opposite the tensioner, count the teeth, and transfer these marks to your new belt. Make sure the marks don't end up on the wrong side of your new belts. If tooth count is off by even one tooth, you're going to have problems. Each add'l tooth increases the chances and severity of catastrophic failure. 2) Rotate the motor, BY HAND, 2 full crankshaft rotations to ensure nothing binds, no valves contact pistons, cam gear teeth are in correct positions, etc. Do NOT use the cam gears in any way to do this, it must be done at the crankshaft in the proper direction. These two steps won't take long, and help to ensure your intended "maintenance" doesn't become the unintended cause of death for your motor.

There is another way to check the tension in the drive belts . Its pasing thru the roller of the tensioner a series of allen wrenches between the roller and the belt 5 mm is ok. 6 mm is too loose and 4mm or less is too tight .

nice vid, i love the back to basic old school way of doing things, you have just demonstrated, requiring no fancy special tool and microphones and lap tops and what not. i just bought a quite scruffy old multistrada 1000ds and i have no idea when the belts were last done and i have looked on here for tips and nearly every vid shows fancy crank turning tools to get the marks lined up and i was wondering why they didn't do exactly what you did, just put it in gear and rotate the back wheel, and then when it comes to tensioning they all show going by frequency with some computerised gadget or an app on your phone or whatnot, such a relief to find someone confirm exactly what i was wondering, cam belts have been around on ducatis since the 80s with the pantah, and no one even had computers then let alone computerised microphone gadgets to 'tune' their cambelts to a given number of hertz! i've been looking for someone to show the old fashioned back to basics way to do it, thanks you! will order my belts now and do it exactly the same way!

Great video.. bought the service manual and all the cam locks crank rotation tool and truthfully didn't need it .. follow your instructions and used a HZ tester.. you made it look easy and it actually was

Great Video, you make it look so easy & you saved your sister a lot of money doing that service for her nice job

Thank you for this video. It’s not a very technically challenging job but it sure gets the heart pounding at the moment of truth. I was scared as hell in a good way but now it feels amazing to have done it myself.

Excellent how to change cam belts video! You and Angela be safe.

who knew 5 mins can be life saver...... g8 bro

I wondered for a second what Starbuck was doing in a garage? Nice vid, informative.

Good video 👍🏻 glad my local ducati dealership didn't answer the phone today when I rang to book a belt change

Picked up a 04 620 yesterday with 14k and on original belts I think. I'm gonna pull the cam covers off before I spin the motor over. Thanks for the video guys. Andy Quinn, Ireland.

Man you made it look so easy. I think I’m gonna go for it! Is it really that easy? I’m shocked over how expensive it is to do this at a dealership and here you go doing in minutes like it’s nothin! 😎

Great vid Mario, I wish a belt & plug change really did take 5 mins, keep up the good work 👍

GREAT VIDEO . HAVE A 2004 DUCATI MONSTER 1000 SIE WITH 15000 MILES GOT IT FROM MY TOW YARD,I WILL TRY AND CHANGE THE BELTS MY SELF. ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE OIL CHAMGE WHATS THE ALLEN FOR THE OIL PLUG

I’m fixing to change my belts. Is there any practice for keeping the vertical alignment true, Other than being careful?

Did I miss the valve adjustment part?

Mate thanks for making this video (from Scotland)

huh - we've always done the 5mm hex fit tension method - never heard of the 45 degree flex check. What manual was that in? We have the LT Snyder DesmoDue maintenance manual.

I would have liked to have heard that baby start up. Also I'm glad it appears to not be overwhelming to change those belts. I don't know if other bikes that have that same configuration, so I'm thinking it's just extra work. But I don't know ducati's either. Anybody want to comment on reliability that would be nice, meaning someone who's had one of these bikes for like 5 or 10 years

Could you reply as I want to know how to check the valves on a ducati? What tools, how to make sure you do it right?

The easiest cam belt change I’ve seen, excellent!!

How many teeth on the belt between each pulley? Or does it not matter?

Hey Guys. Great video. Just bought a 2003 Ducati Monster 400 and will be doing a service on it myself. Oil, filter, plugs etc but as I don't know when the belts were last done this video has inspired me to give that a go as well. Do you know if it would be much different for the 400? Keep up the good work!!

I have a 2006 Monster 1000...would the procedure and belt tensioning information be the same? Regards to all!

As a Ducati owner all I can say is, Damn that is a Sexy little bike !

i'm afraid because dealership doing it with device which cost like $3000, and we doing it with smartphone app, it is safe for my bike? - I'm doing everything in my bike, like valve adjustments etc. but really afraid. THANKS for answer

I just found an Ducati monster on base here in Hawai'i. It's probably been sitting four 4 or 5 years, what do you recommand I do first?

JOE CRENNAN Everything is easy in America! - brilliantly clear demonstration, no long winded faffling as most you tubers. And faces (why do you tubers not show themselves?)

great stuff Mario

Comment regarding removed NGK plugs showing threaded terminals without a 'Terminal Nut'. The previously installed NGK plugs apparently came without a nut, as is common with different types of NGK plugs. The Spark plug wire caps are designed to mount onto the typical terminal nut as shown on the Champion plugs used. Simple fix to maximize the electrical connectivity: unscrew a terminal nut from a used plug and screw onto the new one. However, always use the type of plug end intended for the spark plug wire cap connection. www.ngk.com/learning-center/article/794/spark-plug-terminal-types

I am in the market for a Ducati and was wondering the difficulty of checking the valve timing, it was mentioned in this video but that footage wasn't shown. Before I dive head first I wanted to make sure I could do much of the maintenance the bike would require.

would this be the same for a 2002 750 ie monster ??

Great video.why does ducati charge so much for a belt change that seems to be so simple and fast to do?

Why did you have to take the spark plugs out? Recent purchased a monster as a project bike. Ducati wants $460 to change the belts. Is it really just alignment of those points and proper tension? So easy...

My Ducati skipped time and idk where to start

Ducati Winchester! That's where I bought my S2R800 =] Thanks for the video! Now if I can just get some dang timing belts.. =@

Just got monster 821 today brand new

Wow, no marking and counting teeth on the belts? Oh boy.

Will it be the same for 2002 S4 916?

Bravi bel video

Two years for belt replacement, that really sucks….

Nice video! I recently just brought a 2002 ducati monster 620 too. right now its at the shop waiting for the timing belt replace too.

You didnt check the valve clearances

And how does Ducati charge 900 cad$ to replace timing belts?!??!

Either you way oversimplified the timing mark deal, or the other video way over complicated it with markings and counting. Did you skip steps/not show them?

every 24 months ?

$50 per belt?!! Ducati must have a 300% markup on the actual value of those belts. They probably buy a truckload from Dayco and then crank up the resale. haha

Beautiful girl!!!)))

I bet you have a lot of guys that would like to be your brother-in-law :):)

Девушка красивая))

Nice lady

This is not the correct way to tension Ducati belts.

bruh.

Too many "back in the garage" footage....