chickenman_26
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- Jul 26, 2012
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- Ram Year
- 2007
- Engine
- diesel
New guy here. I hate to make my first post on a negative note, but I just had an interesting afternoon caused by a broken serpentine belt and thought I'd pass along a heads up. Anybody here ever had one break? Trust me - you don't want to. Steering? Only if your name is Schwarzenegger. Brakes? Forget it. Pedal right to the floor. I'd just gotten off a freeway and was only doing around 20 mph stopping for a light in rush hour traffic. How I managed to avoid hitting anything is anybody's guess. If I'd still been on the freeway doing 70, I'd have been in deep doo doo. I really miss the old V-belt designs where if you broke a belt, you lost ONE thing, not everything. '07 2500 w/5.9L and 51,000 miles. I check the belt carefully at each oil change - last one 2 weeks ago. Replacement interval is "as required" with inspection at 22,500 mile intervals. I think I'll just toss a new belt on every 30,000, because I sure don't want this nightmare again.
Stu
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