I'm just doing some simple math: would you be comfortable with a +30 year old belt on your car?
Assumptions: belts break with catastrophic consequences, have a finite shelf life, and a finite duty life. There is clear evidence of catastrophic failure and of failing belts. We are now at the point of exploring the upper boundary of "shelf life". If something cannot last forever, it must stop one day.
I have pushed my TB R&R's to 9 years of hard driving as well. I literally have a 20 year old belt in possession, presume a duty life of 9 years....you hit ~30 years pretty quick.
I am sure there will be new belts manufactures as the MOQ is 100 units.
The issue is determining the DOM, so you don't install a thirty year old belt in ten years, one is pushing MTBF.
I also own and maintain a 1965 Mustang. I can tell you that the original soft parts have largely disintegrated at +30 years old, even when garaged.
Assumptions: belts break with catastrophic consequences, have a finite shelf life, and a finite duty life. There is clear evidence of catastrophic failure and of failing belts. We are now at the point of exploring the upper boundary of "shelf life". If something cannot last forever, it must stop one day.
I have pushed my TB R&R's to 9 years of hard driving as well. I literally have a 20 year old belt in possession, presume a duty life of 9 years....you hit ~30 years pretty quick.
I am sure there will be new belts manufactures as the MOQ is 100 units.
The issue is determining the DOM, so you don't install a thirty year old belt in ten years, one is pushing MTBF.
I also own and maintain a 1965 Mustang. I can tell you that the original soft parts have largely disintegrated at +30 years old, even when garaged.
