afastcar wrote:
hoser wrote:
Make sure you go here and read everything I said and exactly what I said
http://www.pilotodyssey.com/PO/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12826 don't let anybody imply what was said.
I'm sorry if I read your post wrong but I felt it read that you didn't trust any belt that Marv didn't have made that's why I made sure to list that you do not endorse these belts. If I'm wrong please let me know and I will change the listing. Thank you.
Yeah I learned long ago not to endorse anything I have not personally tested especially belts, since I bought my Pilot back in 1995 I think I have tried every belt that was said to fit a Pilot the only two belts I have found that are really good are first the perfected batch of 4x4 tuff belts then the OEM Honda Mitsubishi belt I will no longer waste my time with all the rest.
These belts need tested by the West coast guys at the dunes I have found the dunes are the best place to test them running long and hard up tall hills and I am not talking that ((Bad Word)) riding where people ride 20 min then stop and take breaks or the guys that play follow the leader and only go 1/2 way up the hills the leader is going they take the ((Bad Word)) rider short cut I am talking the guys that fight for all they can to make it to the peak of every hill, their is huge difference in the way people ride that's why I would have to test myself before I endorse something like a belt, I like to ride until I run out of gas or my arms go numb.
If I was going to the dunes anytime soon I would have had you send me a belt already then tested it no use in me trying a belt here on flat ground, hard packed dirt or grass when its 50 degrees out or less lmao If I make it to the dunes this year you can bet I will be testing one.
If these belts are as good as the OEM or the 4x4 tuff belts they are a great deal and will be a great belt.
Some of the things I learned about CVT belts when my kid was making them for a living at the MBL plant their is literally dozens of different compounds that can be used depending on the application if you don't get the compound right belts don't last, technique used to fabricate the belts also plays a big part in building the belts its not a 100% automated process and relies on the guy building them to do everything right, for example once in the summer it was REALLY hot at work one of the guys opened up a garage door because it was about 20 degrees hotter in the building they made 2 batches of belts with the door open the boss made them throw both batches away because they were fabricated outside the set ambient temp range.
Marv got his belts perfected I have intentionally tried to destroy or shred them and never could I can destry a new OEM belt, the only way I was able to damage one was when my input shaft bearings in my Pilot trans went back and the alignment was a mile off, you can see the belt damage in the pics.
http://www.pilotodyssey.com/PO/viewtopic.php?t=3004These belts prove to be as good as the belts Marv sold me put me down for 4 of them

Did they offer any kind of warranty on the belts most belts come with a 12 month warranty, when Marv made the first batch and they started to fail all you had to do was send the old belt back he sent a replacement.