Well the belt usually last a long time unless they are under a lot of
strain I have 107000 miles on my belt and the cracks are their Im going to
replace it next weekend that Gatorback sounds good.. How much did you pay
for it..
96 RC 5.2
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net] On Behalf Of
durling@ibm.net
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 8:28 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Expected Life of a Belt
Replaced mine due to wear and starting to dry out at 34k but that is on a
'96 318. Don't know what year you have but shouldn't make a difference. I
bought a Goodyear gatorback belt and it really made things quieter. Didn't
realize how much noise the belt made. BTW, mine never got to point of
squeling. The new belt was a real pain to put on since it hadn't stretched
yet so it bairly fit. It has play now though.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport
fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
> If ANYONE has left there stock serpentine belt on (instead of going with
> underdrive pulleys :-), how long do they last???
>
> I'm getting a little belt squeak and I've only got 20k on the odo. Just
> wondering if I should be looking for "other" causes/problems.
>
> TIA
> Tom
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