2019 5.3L Water Pump Replace or Inspect?

[lerbud]

I am about to change the belts and the idler pulley at 85K and I am wondering about the water pump.  I have seen several people have them randomly lock up.  Should I go ahead and replace it while doing the belts or just inspect the bearing and see how it feels and decide from there?  Thoughts?

[Samthebam]

I generally replace the water pump as preventive maintenance on all my vehicles around 100k when doing a timing chain or belt replacement.  Especially if it’s something that I plan on keeping a few more years.

And I always go back with OE parts when doing so. 
If you’re just doing the belts and idler pulley though, it’d probably again come down to if I was planning on keeping it a while.