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Re: Belt and pulley poll.....
Posted by Jerzy.TEX (more from Jerzy.TEX) on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:01:02
In Reply to: Belt and pulley poll....., Ric, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:55:48
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On our 99 SE-LPT the idler plastic pulley dissintegrated at ~55Kmiles. Had it, belt, and the tensioner replaced at that time.
On '00 LPT wagon the tensioner was making noise and I had it replaced during the 60K service. Idler was cracked but still running(time bomb.
We live in TX so the cars get extremly hot in summer, both failures occured in early spring so outside temperature must also play a role. I think the plastic idler is a design fault and the material is incorectly selected for the application, based on failure type -fatigue at bearing, leading to brittle cracking of the body. I wrote about it to SAAB and NTSB, no replies from both outside the automated e-mails. Check for cracks and replace around 60K/5years is my recommnedation.
Jerzy
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Posts in this Thread:
- Belt and pulley poll....., Ric, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:55:48
- Saab short belt w/ billet pulley @ 65k mi, Viggen2, Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:25:26
- Re: Belt and pulley poll....., wooglin , Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:50:25
- Re: Belt and pulley poll....., Jerzy.TEX, Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:01:02 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Belt and pulley poll....., Allan, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:15:45
- Personal experience....., MI-Roger , Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:24:45
- I've got..., Liam, Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:03:41
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