Driving home one night and I heard the pulleys starting to go so I decided to rebuild them. While I was cutting out the A/C belt to stop the horrific whine I noticed my other belts were deteriorating. I knew they needed changing but not that bad. So that's how I spent my day off, changed the valve cover gasket too and rebuilt the pulley bearings. Reminded me of when I rebuilt all my bearings on my Mt bike, skateboards, etc. it was cake. Now she purrs like a kitten.

 

HA i've had to replace that bearing on my idler as well
those belts are baaad. your lucky they didn't leave you stranded

 

You weren't asking if new belts are needed, were you? Because I think we all know the answer to that question. Anytime you have chunks of belt missing, they should have been replaced months ago! LOL

 

I knew they were bad, I was just making funny. I work tens and just had to wait till my day off to do the work. I had the belts already just incase of emergency.

 

i've belts hold up like that for months, and brand ones snap within two weeks..