Gates Timing Belts

[gargantua]

Hi guys,

I just baught a Gates timing belt kit http://www.justjap.com/parts/new/engine/gatetimebeltkit.jpg & wanted to know if these belts are any good. Have any of you had problems with these belts eg. belt snaping.

The mechanic who is doing my 100k service recomended using a genuine nissan belt.

[Fry_33]

The Gates Racing belts are a superior belt design compared with the standard belt and basically it is a stronger belt. Saying that I have never heard of a problem with a standard Nissan belt. Keep in mind that this will probably be made by Gates too.

If you search you will hear a few complaints about Gates Racing timing belts being noisy but you will often find the belt was not tensioned correctly. I had one and was getting frustrated by a noise from a gates racing timing belt but it turned out to be a very slight humming noise from the turbo at idle.

If you don't expect to upgrade your car extensively and make huge power then just use a Nissan one.. or whatever you can get cheaper. You can actually get a standard Gates belt (T1040) that should be cheaper than the Gates racing version (T1040R). The T1040 is made to the same specs as the OE belt, just not branded Nissan. I have the standard Gates belt on my car.

The good thing about the kit is that it comes with the idler, tensioner and seals. If you bought these all genuine from nissan then it would cost a bit I would think. You can buy the idlers, tensioners and seals form other places and buy whatever belt you like too. Search and you can find the part numbers for these items.

Good Luck

Edited January 15, 2008 by Fry_33

[gargantua]

Cool thanks for the response Fry. Ill stick with the Gates one.