Wrx Gates Timing Belt Kit Review

After reading up on this gates has changed to a chinese water pump that is complete crap.

Wrx gates timing belt kit review.

Great kit with quality parts koyo ntn nsk etc. This is completely horrible. Gates timing belt component kits with water pumps give you and your customers a complete repair solution featuring the oe timing belts pulleys and tensioners from the standard gates timing component kits plus our. Gates manufactures their timing belts and components to meet or exceed the demands of oem build quality to provide the consumer with a solid product.

I changed mine preventatively when doing the timing belt idlers and tensioner all from this kit at 80 000 miles 12 years old wrx sti. This kit includes all the main ingredients for a successful. Rallysport direct proudly carries a great selection of gates timing belt kit. Mostly we discuss the controversy and misinformation behind the gates timing kits the ntn tensioner the oem tensioner and japanese pulleys that come with the tck304n vs the kit that is tck304.

After reading up on this gates has changed to a chinese water pump that is complete crap. Subaru water pumps last well over 100 000 miles. I can confirm that this kit fits 2006 wrx sti adm. I changed mine preventatively when doing the timing belt idlers and tensioner all from this kit at 80 000 miles 12 years old wrx sti.

Here you are looking at the gates racing timing belt kit. Timing belt driven water pumps should always be replaced at the same time as the timing belt to reduce warranties customer comebacks and preserve long term system performance. Only gripe is that the smaller 20mm diameter idler is a no name brand one from taiwan while the rest are known brands made in japan.