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[Sir Tigger KC]

You could always whip the cover off and give it a visual inspection see if there's loads of grease coming out of the pulleys etc. 

[terry paget]

I've had two auxiliary belt tensioner pulley bearings go, causing the belt to shred or break. I imagine the cam belt pulley bearings are similar, which is why we change them.

[Nick W]

Being  a few months over on time is unlikely to be a problem. I'd be pretty strict on the mileage though.

[hawke113a]

just having an engine strip down at the min...and im glad i did...my belt was split in numerous places..and if id left it any longer who knows what would have happened

[omega3000]

just having an engine strip down at the min...and im glad i did...my belt was split in numerous places..and if id left it any longer who knows what would have happened

Do you know when it was last changed mate ? Cam belt you mean or aux belt ?

[The Sheriff]

just having an engine strip down at the min...and im glad i did...my belt was split in numerous places..and if id left it any longer who knows what would have happened

I know what would have happened. Want me to tell yer?

[4x4]

Im Sure webby will have some pics 

[The Sheriff]

Im Sure webby will have some pics 

Ouch.

[omega3000]

Im Sure webby will have some pics 

He will never forget that day  Surprised how silent it was when it bent the valves at 60mph mind you that burning smell wasnt very nice 

[TheBoy]

Its very likely that you'd get away with it by leaving it for a while.  But it'd be hugely irresponsible of me to tell you it would be fine, esp given the consequences if it does go.

But certainly I delayed doing the one on my Silver Bullet until such time I could do it in the warm and dry (only then to not be able to do it due to my accident, and then the garage incident wiping out my tools).

Worth visually checking though, and also visually checking the aux belt and its tensioner pulley - when these let go, sometimes they whip round and take the cambelt out.  The cambelt DVD you have shows how to regrease the aux tensioner, if its not too bad. If its too far gone, replace that (pulley on its own is about £25, don't use 2nd hand)

[omega3000]

Its very likely that you'd get away with it by leaving it for a while.  But it'd be hugely irresponsible of me to tell you it would be fine, esp given the consequences if it does go.

But certainly I delayed doing the one on my Silver Bullet until such time I could do it in the warm and dry (only then to not be able to do it due to my accident, and then the garage incident wiping out my tools).

Worth visually checking though, and also visually checking the aux belt and its tensioner pulley - when these let go, sometimes they whip round and take the cambelt out.  The cambelt DVD you have shows how to regrease the aux tensioner, if its not too bad. If its too far gone, replace that (pulley on its own is about £25, don't use 2nd hand)

Aux belt let go when pulley shattered on the old elite , luckily it never did any damage even though the garage it was took to said the motor had seized  Keep meaning to check this as well as everything else