So I’m getting ready to do a drive belt and tensioner refresh on my 35d as I have a whine and marble bearing sound coming from the front of the engine. Given the service history, it appears I’m still on the originals so a refresh as preventative maintenance makes sense.
That being said I’m now wondering if I should replace the harmonic balancer while I’m in there since it’s nearing the 90k mark. The interesting thing is that BMW has a drive belt repair kit as part of their value line and it appears to include the tensioner, balancer, belt and pulley all for $419. Not bad! Of course I know many are going the fluidsmper route but honestly, at $540+ I really don’t see the value as my OEM balancer is still operating just fine at almost 90k.
Here is a link to the value line repair kit I’m referring to:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...43#11282413245
Anyways just curious about people’s thoughts and whether or not anyone has ordered the value kit before. Thanks in advance.