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Old December 23rd 04, 11:29 PM
Peter Parker
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In article >,
sehaare > wrote:
>Well, if the steering pump sized it could cause its belt to jump and get
>caught in the other belt breaking both. But that is one heck of a
>coincidence. In my opinion it is more likely that the belts were replaced to
>tightly putting excess pressure on the steering pump bearing causing them to
>fail and seizing the pump. I'd at least go talk to whoever did the
>maintenance.
>
>HTH
>Steve
>
>"Michael Pogor" > wrote in message
. ..
>>A friend of mine just had three belts replaced on her 1997 TDI (300,000
>>km),
>> timing belt plus two fan belts. Within 50 miles of having this done, the
>> fan
>> belts broke, and the steering pump was seized.
>> Could this just be a conicidence? Or, would this be caused by an error
>> like
>> the belts being too tight?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mike


As Steve said above. Was it an independant shop or a dealer?


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