would you take a car to the track that needs a little maintenance?

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12-23-2006, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by m2cupcar

Pull the cam cover, rotate the crank manually and inspect the belt. Then make a decision.

I used to believe that but I have heard from several people that their broken TBs looked new (except they were linear and not circular <G>). The only Miata timing belt I ever changed looked just like what I put it. If you had mixed them up behind your back and had me choose the old one I don't know if I could.

12-23-2006, 09:10 AM

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For someone who didn't want to do the work, I figured that was a fairly simple compromise. If it looked ragged then he'd probably do the job, if not- he'd go w/o.