RE: reusing timing belts

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> What is the collective wisdom on reusing a timing belt that was
> removed for one reason or another while it was still young.  Let's
> say the belt was put on 1yr/10k mi ago but I want to remove the
> tensioner to fix an oil leak.  Some people tell me that the belt is
> ruined once its relaxed, and that putting it back on the car will
> risk failure.  Other people say its perfectly okay.  Any thoughts?
> Thanks.

If the cost of the belt exceeds 1/3 of the cost to replace it, then it's
(financially) feasible to reuse the belt (assuming 30k change interval).

I haven't priced a belt lately, but quite frankly, inless it's *real*
expensive, I can't imagine it would be worth it to reuse.

My .02,

bs

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