Re: Yaris serpentine belt

#1

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:35:42 -0700, larry moe 'n curly wrote:

Quote:

Hachiroku ãƒãƒãƒ*ã‚¯ wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:04 +0000, Michael Golden wrote:

The dealer is wanting to change the serpentine belt on my '07 Yaris
with 55K miles.

Is it worn, screeching, frayed, etc? Why are you having it changed? Most
of these belts go 75,000+

I recently learned that some belts are now made of a different type of
rubber, EPDM (also used for radiator hoses) that doesn't crack but manages
to keep looking brand new until the belt fails. So apparently the only
way to check the condition if there's nothing obviously wrong is by
measuring the belt's cross section. Gates Rubber is giving out gauges for
to do that:

http://www.gatesprograms.com/beltwear

GREAT! It looks new until it catastrophically fails!
Must be really great for judging the life of a timing belt on an old car
you know nothing about!

#2

Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote:

Quote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:04 +0000, Michael Golden wrote:

The dealer is wanting to change the serpentine belt on my '07 Yaris with
55K miles.

Is it worn, screeching, frayed, etc? Why are you having it changed?
Most of these belts go 75,000+

I recently learned that some belts are now made of a different type of
rubber, EPDM (also used for radiator hoses) that doesn't crack but
manages to keep looking brand new until the belt fails. So apparently
the only way to check the condition if there's nothing obviously wrong
is by measuring the belt's cross section. Gates Rubber is giving out
gauges for to do that:

http://www.gatesprograms.com/beltwear

#3

Hachiroku ãƒãƒãƒ*ã‚¯ wrote:

Quote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:04 +0000, Michael Golden wrote:

Pardon the on-topic post.

Just don't let it happen too often...

Actually, we just talk {BS} until someone posts something about cars.

Since this is a Toyota group, that's not often.

The dealer is wanting to change the serpentine belt on my '07 Yaris
with 55K miles.

Is it worn, screeching, frayed, etc? Why are you having it changed?
Most of these belts go 75,000+

Dealer says its dry rotted.

#4

"Michael Golden" <mgolden (AT) bkbusa (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Hachiroku ãƒãƒãƒ*ã‚¯ wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:13:04 +0000, Michael Golden wrote:

Pardon the on-topic post.

Just don't let it happen too often...

Actually, we just talk {BS} until someone posts something about cars.

Since this is a Toyota group, that's not often.

The dealer is wanting to change the serpentine belt on my '07 Yaris
with 55K miles.

Is it worn, screeching, frayed, etc? Why are you having it changed?
Most of these belts go 75,000+

Dealer says its dry rotted.

My dealer told my daughter that her brake pads had 3mm remaining. I bought
new pads and went to work in the brakes. The material remaining was more
than 70% of the matrerial on the new pads.

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