sbaker said:RJVB said:Modern belts are about as maintenance free as shafts, but much lighter, and you get no driveline lash.
Hi.. If you read Pete's post elsewhere, you will find that the drive lash is in the Transmission not in the drive shaft or rear end. I would suspect the same lash would occur in a belt transmission, you might not feel it as the belt is flexible.
Sam,
If anything, belts are NOT flexible.
Which is why BMW had to change the rear drive construction on the F 800 models.