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Serpentine belt replacement with *newest design* belt?
I didn't know they put cogs in serpentines, but V-belts have been
cogged for a long time now. |
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Serpentine belt replacement with *newest design* belt?
Lawrence Glickman > wrote:
>On 4 Feb 2006 21:02:08 -0800, wrote: >>I didn't know they put cogs in serpentines, but V-belts have been >>cogged for a long time now. > >V belts are being obsoleted from what I read. They are being >obsoleted by single belts which drive all the accessories. Wih a v >belt you can only drive 1 or two accessories, then you need another v >belt. with a ribbed belt you can drive *the works* off one belt, >without having to distribute the load off to other belts. These >design changes have all come about in the industry in the last 10 >years. This means we now have a single point of failure, where one belt takes out everything. What I liked best were cars that had several V-belts of the same size, so when the alternator belt went you could take the belt off the air conditioner and get home. >If there is one thing that I can think of that can *uck* up a car real >fast, it is losing a belt. Better to replace them before they snap >than after. OTOH, a good belt could last up to 100,000 miles, so it >is hard to say exactly =when= to replace it. It depends if you want >to go by time or mileage. I'll swap out again at about 80,000. It is >cheap insurance. Heck, they're only $30. Well, keep spares in the trunk. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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