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18-04-2006, 01:05 AM | #1 | ||
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Easy question...
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?? Steve
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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18-04-2006, 10:52 AM | #9 | ||
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None
Then again if my "fan" belt lets go, I'm in big trouble... : |
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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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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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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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18-04-2006, 01:32 PM | #13 | ||
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none,,always replace when they get oldish,,
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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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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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18-04-2006, 01:50 PM | #16 | ||
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lost 1 serp belt, aircon seized
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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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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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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! Alex
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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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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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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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18-04-2006, 08:15 PM | #23 | ||
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I am on two at the moment!!
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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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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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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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