Hi y'all, tried changing serpentine belt on my Rl last night, belt was small. Bought the bando 6pk2135 as it was said that it's OEM, but it was pretty small. Comparing it to the old belt it was definitely smaller, not sure how the belts where, I assume that they stretch out after some time? Either way I tried looking at the Mitsobishi belt as it's said to be OEM as well, some sites that sell them flagged it as it doesn't fit , others seem to list the part as 6pk2135, which maybe it it's similar size? Anyway, what belt y'all use and if anyone have ever experienced this with bando belts?

 

I got mine from AutoZone and it fit pretty good...I'm sure if you go in and have them look up the part number you can cross reference the part numbers and even get the belt length, size etc...

One caveat...i ordered a belt for our excavator under the manufacturer part number and it wouldn't fit because it was too tight. Went to Napa and ordered the same part number. The belt that came in had a deeper v groove in it which allowed it to sit deeper in the pulley, which gave us the inch we needed across the span of the belt to fit it on with the idler. Just saying, sometimes you might have the right part number in a poorly made knockoff, which doesn't fit as a result. Best way to know is to directly compare to the part coming off the vehicle.

 

This is what I ended up doing belt costed me triple the price as the incorrect one. Which is odd but whatever fixed now. Thanks for the reply

 

No worries...I know the feeling when you order parts expecting them to work...I ordered my rear calipers three times because the first two leaked at the piston.