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Old 03-12-2009, 08:51 AM
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Re: HELP! 430 miles from home...

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Originally Posted by SoCal LS-L View Post
Oh yeah!!! Sorry I forgot to mention the freak accident that made this happen......

The outer dust ring on my lower smooth idler on the pass side popped off when I hit the pothile, and was caught by the belt and ran between the belt and pass side cam gear, causing it to jump timing by about 10 teeth. Was a freak accident that it had popped off and had actually landed on the tooth side of the belt to be swept up and eaten, and then caused the jumped timing. I think I still have the dust ring ill post a pic in a little bit. Bad luck to be sure!
That is just too weird!! Glad she's back running!!
-Bill
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