I was driving home last night and my SC belt started clinking. Luckily it snapped as I was pulling in my drive way. Is this common or is there more damage? I know this has happened to other peeps but why does it happen?

 

i have only heard of the idler pulley on the v2 melting off.. never heard of belt ripped.. i would contact stillen and have them send you a new one..

 

Have you been flogging your car alot since you got your SC? I haven't had anything like that happen to me yet.

 

it's not a rare problem. how many miles was on the belt? SCs kills the life of the belt. i would say inspect the belt every 3K for frays and etc. if u see it start, it's going to get worst quick. after 10-12K i would think about getting a new belt just to be safe.

 

Are all belts the same or would they make stronger or thicker ones for this type of application?

SuDZ

 

in this case...i don't think there's a stronger belt out there. just go w/ a quality one and learn to pull the SC often. IMO there should be reinforced SC belt. you can always look around.

 

I guess thats what keeps them in business.

SuDZ

 

should i use a stock belt with my 3.33" pulley?

 

It was after about 25,000 miles that I had it on the car and the SC ate up a belt. The reason why the belt went was because the SC idler pulley bearings were shot and it started to grind the side of the pulley down and wear the belt. Having had any problems since.

 

Sorry to hear about your SC problems, how long, how many miles did you put on till it snapped?

 

Are there alot of problems with people after they get their SC's installed? I have heard some but how common are the problems?

SuDZ

 

I used the stock belt when I had the 3.33 pulley in. Only when I put in the 3.125 pulley did I need to get a different belt. So far no belt problems for me.

 

it probably had 5k to 8k on it. but i really ragged on it last weekend. thats probably why it snapped. i hope so anyway

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=83458

I snapped my belt a while ago. I think it was because I had it tensioned too much. My bearings were also shot as well as my seals. Check that link out, be glad you didn't do that, like I did.

-Mike