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Re: Serp belt and pulley question
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Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:35:33 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Serp belt and pulley question, TG, Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:33:17
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I guess the belt is good to 60K at least. Me, I'm a bit weird about this sort of thing, and like to replace the belt around 30-40K. At that time I inspect the idler and tensioner pulleys. Easy to do when the belt is off. If they spin happy, good.

I usually replace the pulleys and belt (again) at around 60K. At 60K the pulleys I've removed still feel OK, but nowhere as good as new. It makes sense to replace the belt when you do the pulleys, and if I don't do it at 60K, when next? 75K? 90K feels WAAY too much. So 75K is incrementally a little longer, but I'd feel lousy about it.

With your 41K, I'd do a visual inspection of the belt. The belt should look really nice - no cracks, no fraying on the side, that sort of thing. It should ride smoothly in the center of the pulleys. Listen to the pulleys - I like to use a short (1-2 foot) piece of garden or heater hose, one end to your ear, the other near the pulley (be careful!) Listen for a 'ballsy rumble.'

If the belt looks fine, then 60K is probably fine. I'd check it every 5-10K - it's not that hard, all part of the General Tour of The Engine Compartment. If the belt looks worn, replace it, and have the pulleys inspected. A worn pulley can wear a belt.

Scheduled Maintenance - belt at 60K, is great, but no replacement for regular inspections. It takes both. Look around the engine compartment, because a regular replacement schedule only covers a percentage of failure. And even with inspections, some items will still fail with no warning. Such is the life of mechanical stuff.

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