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Originally Posted by dmorrison
The Gate belt that is on the power steering pump is starting to fray at one edge. I will get a belt from Mercedes and install it. Not happy with the Gates belts I got from Oreilly's. 2 out 3 are failing within 1 year. so I'll return them for a refund.
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A couple of years ago my 300D was eating the inboard water pump/alternator belt about every 15,000 miles. There turned out to be a burr on the alternator pulley (like someone had grabbed it with vice grips) that was slowly shredding the belts. After replacing the pulley, all is well.
