Last month I pulled the a/c compressor out of my van and put in a bypass pulley wich required a new and larger serpentine built. The new one is thicker than the one for my vehicle with a/c ( not in a big hurry to put in a new a/c unit as its winter ). Cut four weeks ahead to today and I hear a slapping sound as we're out looking around at new apartments and homes going up in the area. Pulling over I find that the serp belt is coming apart so I limp three blocks to the auto zone store and buy a new belt to put on. It took me 15 mins to get the pieces of the belt unwound from the pulleys and only 5 mins to put the new one in. Even the cheapest belt should last a year and talking with the people at the store and another passerby this has been a rising problem lately with third party products out of China.
I really wish that auto makers would go back to the old v belt systems, its more reliable and if one belt goes the others are left inplace to work.
I really wish that auto makers would go back to the old v belt systems, its more reliable and if one belt goes the others are left inplace to work.