Date:    Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:30:34 -0400
From:    george jannini <georgejoann@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: timing belt

<< The shop manual is no good when you have the problem.  Read it ahead
of time, do the preventative maintenance and enjoy your
free time how you see fit. >>

   There is no preventative maintenance for badly designed components
like the slider hub in most of the 049 transmission.

     George
     '89 WesTiico, Wernher

So George,  You say all the slider hubs in the 049 transmissions were bad?
How many speeds in that 049?

Al whose slider hub was replaced by Transaxle Engineering (shameless plug)