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On the other hand when I had my shop I found that the biggest cause
of belt failure was belt tensioner bearing seizing up usually after
the first belt was replaced(even though the tensioner felt free the
sealed bearings had dried up) In my opinion the tensioner(s) should be
replaced at the same tine as the belt(s) . One that sticks to mind
was a Peugeot MY16 twin cam, the customer didn't go for the $100.00 +
tensioner , 4000km later had $3000.00 rebuild (valve to piston contact
at high rpm). It's pretty hard to have redundancy on timing belts, I
like the odds with a rotary!!
Georges B.
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