Reviews of Gates parts For Business

been on my car for a few years with no complaints.

The previous Gates belt looked completely fine, and probably could have lasted another 10 years.

I have always had good luck with gates belts and they have always looked good when I replaced them too. 70-80k belts looking almost new.

I have had good luck with them for years.

Gates makes good belts.

The common complaint of gates timing belts is that they're loud.

Gates timing belt broke and took out the engine in my old 2009 legacy with the sohc 2.5l. It was only installed for about 5 years and 60k mi / 96.5k km. Don't skimp on the most important belt your engine has, buy genuine subaru.

I used a Gates kit for the timing belt change and the cheap Chinese water pump water seal failed in 2 years.

I have worked on some where the belt itself snapped in under 10-15k miles, others where the bearings fell apart in the 40-50k mile range. I no longer use them and refuse to install them on customer vehicles.

I recently installed a Gates timing belt kit with pulleys and water pump in my 2001 Forester. Unfortunately, the water pump where it mates to the engine was not machined completely flat and had a very small leak. I ended up having my mechanic remove it and put a stock Subaru one in while he was working on my clutch.