I wonder why the best engines in the world use chains.
or gears not belts.
I wonder why all of those trucks that do 500,000 miles before a major
overhaul use chains.
There must be something to they not trusting belts.
Belts are cheaper , quieter and the dealers are guaranteed some schedule
maintenance money.
They must be replaced at a range of 60 to 100 K miles based on manufacturers
recommendation usually owners take them into the dealer for that type of
service.
I had a new car in 1974 and 50 miles from the dealership the belt slipped
and stranded me on the highway.
I hope Honda starts to put them on the V6's soon.
"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
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> disallow wrote:
>> Well that sucks. Though I'm not an engineer,
>> hopefully Honda had their reasons for doing
>> this, and it wasn't just a cave to pressure from
>> everyone who is scared of timing belts.
>>
>> t
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> i'll bet you that's exactly what /did/ happen. look at all the whining
> about belts in recent threads. it's one of those situations where chains
> have been out of the picture so long, all the new kids have no experience
> with all their problems and think they're some kind of "great new idea".
>