sorry to hear Sean!!! that sounds like what happened to me exactly a year ago, my balance shaft belt let go and made the timing belt skip a couple teeth, I did dodge a bullet!!! mine only had 55,000km on it. it was Contitech brand belts, I have OEM on there now. maybe this is somewhat of a regular occurance, I know our 5-speed trucks with the 5.29's rev like crazy on the highway, I didn't think it actually made much difference.

I am going to do some more research on not putting the balance shaft belt on, I know guys do it but the balance shafts are there for a reason so I want to weigh out the pros and cons.

I'm glad your keeping it though!!! I am preparing to do a clutch in my truck (slipping like a biotch), and I've decided that if I'm doing a bunch more work to mine I will hang on to it for another few years.