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mkirsch
Nomad II
Aug 31, 2017

The '70s called, they want their fan belt setup back

Admittedly I've owned this 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 for 2-1/2 years and I never really paid attention to the fan belts, because you can't really see them easily. The other day I took a good look d...
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Jarlaxle
Explorer II
Sep 01, 2017
goducks10 wrote:
mich800 wrote:
wilber1 wrote:
sgip2000 wrote:
There's actually a good reason for this. Many trucks have one belt for A/C and PS and one for ALT, Air Pump, etc.

This is so if your A/C compressor or PS pump were to seize up, you could still drive.


Three belts, three times the chance of a failure.


Or conversely less chance to lose all belt driven accessories when the one serpentine version breaks.

Many serpentine's go 100,000 miles.


The original on my Dakota went 18 years and 160,000+ miles.

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