Reviews of Gates parts For Business

I ordered a Gates PowerGrip Kit + Waterpump KP25433XS-1 set.

Gates is a top OEM brand for belts. Should last 8-10yrs

I used the gates kit from rock auto including the gates water pump… Car seems to be driving fine for the past few thousand miles since install.

I put a Gates kit on mine. I never see any problems with those.

Just had a Gates one put on, no complaints here. One note to mention is that the water pump pulley seems to sometimes not seat on to the shaft perfectly. When mine got done I noticed that the pump pulley wobbled around excessively. The shop took it back, removed the belt, retorqued and all was good. The technician said that weird lining up with a pump pulley is a Honda thing, never knew that fiestas had that too.

We used to install gates pump and belt kits, but saw too many leaking water pumps well before they were due for another belt. Switched to aisin kits and haven't had a problem.

Their water pump especially is garbage.

Gates used to be a decent brand, but I would avoid them anymore.

I use the aisin kit or oem honda. I’ve had the tensioners in the dayco kits fail, and the water pumps in the gates kits fail

Mines literally the same story as yours. It’s leaking out the weephole after about a month, less than 1500kms install. Their warranty claim procedure looks as complicated as it can get too