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Old 18-04-2006, 01:05 AM   #1
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Default How many fan belts have you broken??

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How many fan belts have you broken??

I had the first one go in the ED last night. my bro has done 3 in his EA wagon. What have you all done??

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Old 18-04-2006, 01:11 AM   #2
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I run a Gates Kevlar belt...
Same belt 5 years old no real cracking ribs to worry about just yet.
$120 ea!!
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:17 AM   #3
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3 fan belts (2 in very bad situations) and probably close to 15 p/s belts. :S That's over about 3 years.
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:37 AM   #4
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I broke one in my fairmont about 1.5 years ago, and I havent done one in my XR8 (yet) in the 8.5 years I have owned it.
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Old 18-04-2006, 10:40 AM   #5
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None! I had one replaced because it didn't have much life left in it, but I haven't broken one. But my parents nearly cooked their EBII when one let go.
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Old 18-04-2006, 10:45 AM   #6
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in 2 years i have been through about 10 power stering belts and 1 fan belt and 1 A/C belt
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Old 18-04-2006, 10:48 AM   #7
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non, and its been a year, even with a new motor, i only ever changed the belts when i swaped motors over, w00tage
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Old 18-04-2006, 10:48 AM   #8
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got my car and replaced the p/s belt.. had it for 5 hours..lol
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Old 18-04-2006, 10:52 AM   #9
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Then again if my "fan" belt lets go, I'm in big trouble... :
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Old 18-04-2006, 11:44 AM   #10
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In 3 different Eseries I havent broken one.. Have replaced a few before they break though.
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Old 18-04-2006, 12:07 PM   #11
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ive thrown one off at 5000rpm, that was fun trying to unwind it from around the clutchfan lol
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Old 18-04-2006, 12:14 PM   #12
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i broke one while stabbin it in the wet

blew a few gaskets...nothing toooo major
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:32 PM   #13
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none,,always replace when they get oldish,,
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:40 PM   #14
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I just bought my ef about 1 and half months ago, i looked at the belt and its nearly there, all change it next week lol :evil_laug
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:45 PM   #15
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Lost a serpentine on the EF when the tensioner failed. Chewed a few blower belts when "fine tuning" the pulley alignement....
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:50 PM   #16
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lost 1 serp belt, aircon seized
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Old 18-04-2006, 01:57 PM   #17
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lost a serp belt.. Its times like that you wish you had a power steering belt to rely on to get you home lol
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Old 18-04-2006, 04:40 PM   #18
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I lost one fan belt on the old EA over a 3 year period.

Hopefully I never lose the serp belt on the EL 5L.
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Old 18-04-2006, 05:03 PM   #19
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I snapped the alternator belt the other day on the way to work, was the first one since I got the car in 2000.

I had to walk home (15mins), jump in the LandCruiser, drive to bursons, drive back to the car, change the belt in between rain showers, drive the cruiser back home and walk back to the car again to go to work!

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Old 18-04-2006, 05:09 PM   #20
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None in 1 1/2 yrs, altho replaced one once i saw a crack in it.
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Old 18-04-2006, 05:24 PM   #21
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ive broken one altenator belt on a cruise, now i have serpentine so hopefully it has a much lesser chance of breaking.
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Old 18-04-2006, 07:55 PM   #22
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Lost my fan and Altenator belt twice on the eb wagon and the third almost let go. My pully's never lined up. Couldnt figure out why, probably just designed wrong to start with.
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Old 18-04-2006, 08:15 PM   #23
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Old 18-04-2006, 08:49 PM   #24
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Me EF's been in the family 3 years, never done any belts...
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Old 18-04-2006, 09:00 PM   #25
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Just on fan belt number 3, on what's left of my EB.
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Old 18-04-2006, 09:06 PM   #26
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Powersteering belts, i threw on average one a month last year. Alternator belts I've thrown around 4, all within 4 months of each other, usually because the PS belt took it with it when it went off... No problems for about 8 or 9 months now though...
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