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Date:         Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:05:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject:      Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>

I will rephrase, let's say that when they break before their time, it's not
because of the belt itself. But i have never seen one myself, your a lucky men.


Ben


On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:39:36 -0700, Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:


>--snip--
>
>>Sorry guys but a timming belt does't break, that's urban legend.
>
>--snip--
>
>Don't know where you're coming from with this Benny, but if that's an urban
>legend I'm living in the Twilight Zone. I've personally had two timing belts
>break before their 'time' (one in a Rabbit diesel- that one destroyed the
>head) and more recently I knew a guy that had a late-model Mitsubishi (iirc)
>that busted a belt at around 30K.
>
>Cya,
>Robert
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