[Ducati] 999 cam belt replacement

[Brez998]

Ron,
 In my opinion it would be best to replace the belts at your next valve 
adjustment.  That should be around 12k.  Hard use or not, it's insurance 
against catastrophic engine failure.  Those belts are the only thing keeping 
the valves from contacting the pistons.  The cams must be removed to perform 
the valve adj, which means so do the belts.  At which time it would be 
simple to just install new ones.

Brez 02 998

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Douglas" <rkpjdouglas at insightbb.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:49 PM
Subject: [Ducati] 999 cam belt replacement


> I'm a 66 year old with a 999 with 9850 miles.  As you can imagine I
> don't run it hard, and rarely take it up to 8000 rpm.  With such usage
> what it the groups opinion on how long I can safely go without changing
> these belts, assuming I continue riding it with the same intensity I
> have to date?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Douglas
>
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