Thread: Why serpentine?
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Old 01-09-2005, 10:27 PM   #3
cableguy0
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serpentine systems are self adjusting last a lot longer and dont shred apart at higher rpms like v belts do. my truck eats a v belt every 6 or 8000 miles but it sees 6000rpm++ a lot.but no maintenance is the best reason for using a serp belt and you dont gotta replace it for 60k miles
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