yall wont believe this

[demon-hemi]

i had the timing belt changed on my car, i had 55k on it when done, 3 weeks and 1k miles later, aka monday night, i start the car up and hear a knocking under the hood, so i check it out, it was a slow knock and it was coming from under the timing cover, so i call the dealer the next morning and get them to check it out since they just replaced it, well apparently the new belt had a defect in it and it had split and a piece of it was slapping the timing cover as it made its rounds....

so in short they warrantied it all, so it cost me nothing and 0 damage was done to the car, but man was i close to a complete fail, but GM would be replacing the motor had it gone bad...

thought i would just share my story with you guys...

[thehunterooo]

should have let it go and had them put in another motor

good that you caught it/they fixed it, you dont see many bad belts like that though

[daug1502]

I'm not replacing with GM parts, not if the stock gives up at 50K I wants something that will last longer.

[petrified.rabbit]

probably the guy pried it on with a screwdriver :P

good luck there though.