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time has come to do my timing belt, what i wanna know is it worth spending a bit more and getting a decent one (gates?) or is somthing like a dayco or equivelent ok if car is not making huge power? planning on fitting adj cam gear also if that makes any difference?

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brett

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if you aren't running massive revs and heavier valve springs there's no real need for anything other than a standard replacement belt. but do it right and get a kit with pulleys and seals (crank and camshafts) as well - seals are cheap and quick to replace, and tensioner and/or idler pulleys are insurance - if a bearing fails you may as well have not replaced the belt...

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if you aren't running massive revs and heavier valve springs there's no real need for anything other than a standard replacement belt. but do it right and get a kit with pulleys and seals (crank and camshafts) as well - seals are cheap and quick to replace, and tensioner and/or idler pulleys are insurance - if a bearing fails you may as well have not replaced the belt...

I agree, change everything else while your there if its never been done before

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i personally would never use a gates belt again.

Cough up with your bad experience!

Apart from them being noisy buggers hah >_<

I'm not sure i would be comfortable with a OEM belt, huge valve seat pressures, steep ramps and 9k rpm though.

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i personally would never use a gates belt again.

stick with a genuine nissan belt.

cant go wrong.

Yeah i'd like to hear this story aswell since i just bought a gates timing belt kit and fitting it this week >_<

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i found that the fancy blue stuff on the outside of the belt starts delaminating and sticking to the brand new idler and tensioner. this then created a ruff surface for the belt to run on and inturn caused EXESSIVE amounts of noise.

put a nissan belt on and its been whispper quite ever since.

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if you aren't running massive revs and heavier valve springs there's no real need for anything other than a standard replacement belt. but do it right and get a kit with pulleys and seals (crank and camshafts) as well - seals are cheap and quick to replace, and tensioner and/or idler pulleys are insurance - if a bearing fails you may as well have not replaced the belt...

sweet as, any recomendations on where to purchase all the bits and pieces for reasonable price? also going to do water pump at same time, good idea yeah?

thanks all

bretto

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nothing wrong with the nissan ones that i can see. every gates belt I've used has been noisier than oem, even when tensioned carefully. dangerman4 I've never see the blue come off on the pulleys, and I get to check mine pretty regularly. are you sure nothing got onto the belt?

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nothing wrong with the nissan ones that i can see. every gates belt I've used has been noisier than oem, even when tensioned carefully. dangerman4 I've never see the blue come off on the pulleys, and I get to check mine pretty regularly. are you sure nothing got onto the belt?

have uesd both

it was reasonably clean inside the timing cover so dont think ant thing got on it

and did not have any adverse effects

but i have seen the blue come off

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i found that the fancy blue stuff on the outside of the belt starts delaminating and sticking to the brand new idler and tensioner. this then created a ruff surface for the belt to run on and inturn caused EXESSIVE amounts of noise.

put a nissan belt on and its been whispper quite ever since.

OEM Nissan FTW. Never ever had a problem with one.

But Aftermarket belts? (Blue ones in particular) well now thats a whole other story.....

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have uesd both

it was reasonably clean inside the timing cover so dont think ant thing got on it

and did not have any adverse effects

but i have seen the blue come off

a picture says 1000 words.....

thats the stuff i was talking about. noisy as all hell.

genuine nissan ftw

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i found that the fancy blue stuff on the outside of the belt starts delaminating and sticking to the brand new idler and tensioner. this then created a ruff surface for the belt to run on and inturn caused EXESSIVE amounts of noise.

put a nissan belt on and its been whispper quite ever since.

what sort of noise was it?

mine has a bearing noise since i fitted a tomei belt only when idle drops down, sounds similar to a water pump noise but i changed that so thinking its the idler bearing!

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