REFLECTOR:V8 Vacuum system

[Jim Sower]

<... Hmmm...  any real data points on this??  ...>
Just my own experience.  I've had belts last, but I've replaced a lot more of them
early.

<... I've never had this happen or seen it happen. ...>
I did when I was in the auto repair business long ago.  Not always, but occasionally.
Made a mess sometimes. flailing around the fan shroud.

<... Now that's wishful thinking. ...>
Is it?  Nothing left to get tangled up in.  I'm not in the business any more, but I
haven't heard of a serpentine doing collateral damage.

Anyway, I would trust one serpentine more than several V-belts ... Jim S.

Scott wrote:

> At 07:58 PM 11/9/2003, you wrote:
> >My guess would be serpentine.
> >a)  V-belts fail more often
>
> Hmmm...  any real data points on this??  I've run some awfully old V
> belts.  I think I've only had one fail to the point of actually breaking in
> two.  It was probably in excess of 20 years old..
>
> >b)  When a V-belt does fail, others are still under power and fragments
> >get tangled up in operating stuff and can cause lots of cause collateral
> >damage.
>
> I've never had this happen or seen it happen.
>
> >c)  In the unlikely event of a serpentine failure, everything stops and
> >the broken belt drops into the bottom of the cowl
>
> Now that's wishful thinking.
>
> Scott
>