900 KM trip out bush 600k of that off road...
Get home drive 3 km down the road with the kids and 'rattle rattle... clunk'... lost power steering, engine light and battery light on.... Pull up on centre median strip and she has thrown a drive belt! It was sheered down the middle and wrapped up everywhere....
Stuff getting a tow im so close to home i just limp it through the back streets with nearly no steering (no belt= no power steering pump), stopping every km because she is heating up in the red (no belt = no fan and water pump) Worried about the battery dieing (no belt = no alternator) i turn off the lights and wipers (absolutley pissing down!).
Back at home closer inspection one of the idler pulleys has exploded with little ball bearings everywhere. wiggling the other pulleys they all seem to have a bit of play.
Took it to my bloke up the road and he replaced all 4 pulleys (if one has gone its only time until the others go) 3 idlers and the tensioner unit and new drive belt.
Man am i glad that didn't happen out bush... would of been a 300km tow home!
This is the idler pulley that collapsed and through the belt
All theses pulleys with bearings have done over 170,000 so $600 well spent for reliability IMO