[Ducati] 999 cam belt replacement

[Bob Marren]

Some of the maintenance manuals say 12,000 miles or two years. A piston 
kissing a valve is not a good thing.
 Bob M

Brez998 wrote:

> 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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