pint6x
Guest
As some of you may have seen, my Alternator vee belt snapped a few weeks ago at 34,500 miles.
It was due to be changed at the 36,000 service as part of the service schedule.
Having chatted to a few dealers to find most reasonably priced 36k service, and having asked them to deduct cost of replacing vee belt as it won't need doing, I had an interesting chat with one of the workshop guys.
He said that he had never known a vee belt to go early on the 1100s but had heard of quite a few going on the 1150s prior to the 36k service when they'd get replaced anyway.
I said I would do it every 12k from now on. He thought this may be unnecessary and suggested it would be prudent to change it every 24k miles.
The belt is about £8 and the replacement is relatively straight-forward - black cover on the front of the engine - 4 allen bolts - should be no more than 20 minutes labour or so.
Message is - consider getting this replaced (or doing it yourself) after every 24k miles rather than 36k miles if you've got an 1150.
I'm still sore because even though I have a used bike warranty, this is considered "fair wear and tear" and I had to cough up. Bollocks to that - the part failed before it's serviceable life had been reached. I have written to MBW assist and will let you know the outcome.
Needless to say, the invitation to renew my used bike warranty is currently not something I am anxious to accept.
It was due to be changed at the 36,000 service as part of the service schedule.
Having chatted to a few dealers to find most reasonably priced 36k service, and having asked them to deduct cost of replacing vee belt as it won't need doing, I had an interesting chat with one of the workshop guys.
He said that he had never known a vee belt to go early on the 1100s but had heard of quite a few going on the 1150s prior to the 36k service when they'd get replaced anyway.
I said I would do it every 12k from now on. He thought this may be unnecessary and suggested it would be prudent to change it every 24k miles.
The belt is about £8 and the replacement is relatively straight-forward - black cover on the front of the engine - 4 allen bolts - should be no more than 20 minutes labour or so.
Message is - consider getting this replaced (or doing it yourself) after every 24k miles rather than 36k miles if you've got an 1150.
I'm still sore because even though I have a used bike warranty, this is considered "fair wear and tear" and I had to cough up. Bollocks to that - the part failed before it's serviceable life had been reached. I have written to MBW assist and will let you know the outcome.
Needless to say, the invitation to renew my used bike warranty is currently not something I am anxious to accept.
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