Re: [MBZ] W124 OM602 serpentine belt

[Bob Rentfro via Mercedes]

Wouldn’t all those components (springs, the wee shock absorber) wear out at the same rate? I’d be inclined to invoke the “since you’re in there” school of repair…unless one of the components is wicked expensive.   AZBob   Sent from my iPad On Nov 7, 2023, at 3:32 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: As I recall, if it’s not cracked or broken, you’re good. Mine had a crack in one of the windings of the spring, so I replaced it. I suspect if things get bad enough when the little shock absorber fails it stresses the spring, too, after a while. This was a pretty easy repair as I recall. -D On Nov 7, 2023, at 3:28 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote:   Yes it also has a spring. It seems ok so I didn’t order one.   Sent from my iPhone   On Nov 7, 2023, at 5:11 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:   I think I did the spring on mine as well, as I think it had cracked or broken. Didn’t these have a big metal spring, too?   -D   On Nov 7, 2023, at 2:44 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:   I know I changed the shock absorber once but that could have been a quarter million miles ago. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Bissell Cove Wickford RI     On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 1:37 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:   So I finally got to replacing the serpentine belt on the 90 300D 2.5Turbo. The belt broke leaving me stranded a couple of months ago. I attributed it to the idler pulley being seized but it’s not actually seized. When the belt shredded apart, bits of it got wedged behind the pulley giving the impression that it was seized. So my question is what caused the serpentine belt to fail catastrophically? The belt drive has been making a rattling noise for a few years now so I assumed it was the pulley but it doesn’t seem to be bad. I have a new one on hand so I will replace it anyway. I’m just worried that there is some other problem.   Sent from my iPhone   _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com   To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/   To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com     _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com   To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/   To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com     _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com   To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/   To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com     _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

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