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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:33 am 
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as a preventative maintenance step, at which point do you replace the serpentine belt?

replaced mine on saturday as the old one had millions of tiny cracks thru the ribs on the inside of the belt, i'm just wondering how much life they usually have left in them at that point

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:40 am 
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mmm
mine has those cracks u speak off

i think i have replaced the belt one time since i have had the car
got car at 40,000kms or under
now at 214000 kms...

maybe twice not sure
but fist belt was replced at over 150,000kms so they can last a while

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:56 am 
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the Ford manual says cracks are fine, missing parts of the ribs are not - that is when it is due for replacement!

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:56 pm 
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Just did mine also. Had the cracks you speak of but reason is simple. If I happen to get under it then the last thing I want is a busted belt coz she let go.

Sure it would be fine though on a shopping trolley
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