arman...... ferrari owner worst nitemare ........ would you post some pics of the belts please
I sorry to hear, i went 8 years on my last TR belt....mine looked fine even still when i did the belts in Feb 2007. Did you take any pics yet ? Do you know why and how and why it broke ? when yo uchanged them 4 yrs ago, did they do the tensioners ? So many questions and scenerios to go through. We here on Fchat would like to hear all the details (as painful for you they may be) for us to learn more and help each other to avoid this. Good luck and let us know. Thank you for your time !
Everyone. I think if you search back through enough threads and look at the whole picture rationally, any visual inspection of the belts is total nonsense. So a belt 5 years old "looks" like brand new, big deal. Something is allowing them to fail and no amount of looking at them with our eyeballs is ever going to make it stop. The only possible inspection that might offer some serious scientific information is to X-ray the belts, ultrasound, MRI, whatever. But eyeballs cant see inside these things, and thats where the damage starts, not on the outside. We dont inspect connecting rods and crankshafts with eyeballs only, or wing spars, bridge gussets or anything thats a critical component in a structure, why are so many smart and well educated people believing thier eyes when it comes to such a critical component as a timing belt? I am impressed that a guy could man up and tell the world what he did to his TR. My own personal opinion is most owners would go quietly away and have it fixed so there was no record of it. I doubt many would be so forthcoming with this kind of information. So I say lets not let this incident pass us all by without trying to thoroughly master a real cause, or build some kind of positive information. Either the owner, or someone nearby to him, lets try to get that belt x-rayed and see if it offers us something? Any aircraft maintainance shop should be able to find a place that could do a quality aircraft grade inspection, and the cost should be relatively minimal. X-raying the remaining belt that hasnt broke would be wise as well I really think we should take the lead here and do something proactive to try and find an answer thats more scientific than simply how far or long so and so went before changing belts. Thats just not a professional enough way to answer this issue IMO.
I've often wondered how the driving habits of most Ferrari owners affect belt life? Letting the car sit for the winter etc. Surface rust on the pulleys? I keep thinking they ought to be good for at least seven years? Climate the car was kept in? It would be interesting to take a more objective approach.
Guys I will post a picture of the belt this evening. My car gets towed to the shop monday.My wife states mercedes benz belts do not break. I stated to her that mercedes had stolen the blue prints from ferrari and was fined . Whatever lady.
Dude, Your Ferrari is broken, I'd ease up on the wife or you'll find yourself with a 'two front war'........... A 'torn' bet might indicate some foriegn debris entered the belt drive area, examine the inside of the cover for marks, you may be onto something. BUT in your mechanic's defense it could have been thrown debris from the road or whatever...... Very sorry to hear of your troubles but, IMO, if you wanna see that horsie in the yellow button on the wheel, you gotta have a larger than normal pair between you legs, and a few Benjamins rolled in the back of the wallet to care for things like this......
