Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 10:52
Don't know if they did it form financial reasons...... they would have to sell a lot of belts to overcome the engineering and tooling costs, most belts last over 50,000 kilometes and many don't replace belts until at least 100,000 + kilometers when they can't stand the squealing any more.
Belts are one thing most mechanics (dealership and private) or DIYers forget about....... we replace heaps of belts and most customers say we have only had it serviced last week...... it takes 1 minute to
check the belts for cracking, glazing or chunks missing.
I would say it was done chasing that .01% better economy/power or noise improvement.
There are many belts on eartmoving and heavy vehicle that we have to buy/stock genuine belts for....... you can get a 10pk 1605 or a 10pk 1645 but the geniun is a 10pk 1625.
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