Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:58:38 -0400 From: Gemini Jackson <geminijacksonnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Help needed! 900s or 900 se?
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 12:14:56 GMT, - Bob - <nonamenospamace.com> wrote: >On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 05:01:33 GMT, "James Sweet" ><jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote: > >>As for your post, I did understand it, $35 isn't a huge deal and replacement >>sounds simple enough, but there's a zillion things $35 could be used for at >>the moment so it's not completely trivial to dump it into replacing part of >>the car that may well be in fine condition. > >I'm all for conservative maintenance... but, >since there's no test for it, and 99% of owners don't know that they >burst spontaneously over 50K miles (meaning that used cars usually >have the original), I consider it required. You can't tell when they >are going to go, and if they break, you call a tow truck. This is one >of the top "it went and stranded me" posts on the NG900. When I hung >around the Saabnet BBS, there were monthly posts of woe. Saab >eliminated this pulley in later 9~3 designs (testimony to its >problems). > >If you don't change the belt, you can replace the pulley with a single >socket wrench in about 10 minutes. (You can check the belt for wear >if you don't want to replace that). Is this the one you mean? http://www.eeuroparts.com/dwos-bin/dynamic2.pl?nccust=eEuroparts.com&code=4960290 ~GJ~
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