My 2000 has 70K miles on it. Upon inspection, my drive belt (serpentine
belt) appears in good shape, with no visable cracks etc. The manual is a bit
vague about this, but it seems to say replace when wear shows up on
inspection.

As a matter of practice, what do you guys usually do about this ?

Thanks !!

--James--

 

70K miles is a good point at which to replace the serpentine belt. Just a
FYI for anyone interested, cracks across a serpentine belt are normal so
don't let a mechanic point them out to you and claim it needs replacing.

Now longitudinal cracks, cracks running parallel to the edges of the belt,
are a different thing entirely and bad news. When those cracks appear, the
belt is nearly at the point of failure and it's definitely time to replace
it.

Jerry
--
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"James Nipper" <jnipper@nospam.fdn.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> My 2000 has 70K miles on it. Upon inspection, my drive belt
(serpentine
> belt) appears in good shape, with no visable cracks etc. The manual is a
bit
> vague about this, but it seems to say replace when wear shows up on
> inspection.
>
> As a matter of practice, what do you guys usually do about this ?
>
> Thanks !!
>
> --James--
>

 

70K miles is a good point at which to replace the serpentine belt. Just a
FYI for anyone interested, cracks across a serpentine belt are normal so
don't let a mechanic point them out to you and claim it needs replacing.

Now longitudinal cracks, cracks running parallel to the edges of the belt,
are a different thing entirely and bad news. When those cracks appear, the
belt is nearly at the point of failure and it's definitely time to replace
it.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
N6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

"James Nipper" <jnipper@nospam.fdn.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> My 2000 has 70K miles on it. Upon inspection, my drive belt
(serpentine
> belt) appears in good shape, with no visable cracks etc. The manual is a
bit
> vague about this, but it seems to say replace when wear shows up on
> inspection.
>
> As a matter of practice, what do you guys usually do about this ?
>
> Thanks !!
>
> --James--
>

 

70K miles is a good point at which to replace the serpentine belt. Just a
FYI for anyone interested, cracks across a serpentine belt are normal so
don't let a mechanic point them out to you and claim it needs replacing.

Now longitudinal cracks, cracks running parallel to the edges of the belt,
are a different thing entirely and bad news. When those cracks appear, the
belt is nearly at the point of failure and it's definitely time to replace
it.

Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
To email, remove 'me' from my email address
N6TAY, PP-ASEL
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/

"James Nipper" <jnipper@nospam.fdn.com> wrote in message
news:i_6dnf_gwoq-f4_dRVn-gg@comcast.com...
>
>
> My 2000 has 70K miles on it. Upon inspection, my drive belt
(serpentine
> belt) appears in good shape, with no visable cracks etc. The manual is a
bit
> vague about this, but it seems to say replace when wear shows up on
> inspection.
>
> As a matter of practice, what do you guys usually do about this ?
>
> Thanks !!
>
> --James--
>