2006 Chevy Trailblazer Fan Belt

2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER
60,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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LAWRENCE1
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Would you be able to see a fan belt breaking before it snaps? Would a diagnostic machine be able to see it breaking? If you did a vehicle check, how could you accidentally damage the fanbelt?
Oct 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM
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Hello,

A good indication of a fan belt that is going bad and has the possibility of breaking is by looking at the ribs and if they are cracked across the ribs there is a chance that it will beak. Just how long before it does is pretty much impossible.

A diagnostic machine is not capable of diagnosing or seeing when it will break.

And your last question... It would all depend on what they were checking and if it was done removing the belt to check something or checking the Tensioner Assembly. If your belt was in that bad of shape, even if it didn't look llike it was, then attempting to remove or reinstall it it could be damaged or even break in the proccess.


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Oct 10, 2009 at 12:04 PM