Preventive replacement of belt driven parts?

[pudzley]

Replacing the serpentine belt on my 04 V6 SR5 with 110k miles and just wondering if I should replace anything else while I've got the belt off... idler pulley, tensioner, etc. Nothing is making noise at the moment, but if there are certain components that tend to fail around this mileage I rather take care of it now since I'll be going on a 10k mile + road trip shortly. Thanks!

 

[Tanker Yanker]

I probably go overboard, but when I did my 90k mile timing belt four years ago, I replaced everything on the front of my V8....timing belt and tensioner, waterpump, all the serpentine idlers, belt, and tensioner, thermostat, upper & lower radiator hoses, and new plugs. We had just bought the truck 7k miles prior, and I drive over the road for a living....can't have wife stranded roadside somewhere!

If you plan on a long road trip (10k miles is a long damn trip by any standards!), I would want piece of mind. Cost isn't much if you do your own labor. Diff fluids have been a hot topic lately, I would do those too and maybe reap .10 or .20 mpg increase in fuel efficiency while I was at it!

....just my opinion though, the real overlanders might have more applicable advice.

Safe travels though at any rate!

 

[lightfreak]

Do whatever makes you sleep easier , that's worth more than few bucks in your pocket.
Those idlers and tensioners are known to go 200K or more, they're not common failures at such low mileage.

If you do change them out I'd go with OEM Toyota parts.