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I had a Gates installed on Thursday. Today I noticed an annoying amount of noise, so I thought I would look on the forum to see if it's common.

"i have heard of people complaining that the gates belts are quite noisy... "

Well, there you go... :(

Edited by clayoth

word up, i agree stocker oem item should be fine, brand prolly doesnt mean. to have timing belt changed is usually around $450 in labour. as have you basically pull heaps of crap out of the way to get it done

Hi, just wondering what sort of noise people are hearing with Gates belts?

I had a nissan belt on my R32(when Nissan were about the only choice available here) and it was quiet, the only noise that came from area was the squeak/whirring sound from the worn out tensioner bearing before I replaced it. I have a Gates on my R31 and it makes no noise.

Gates have made good quality belts for a very long time, my old man always used them on the engines he rebuilt. Possibly some of the noise being heard now could be tensioner bearings. The only other ways a belt can make a noise is if the teeth on it are slightly different profile(i.e. gears worn or belt profile not matching) to that on the cam/crank gears or its rubbing on the guard because it isn't dentralised on the gears.

I seriously doubt that Nissan or HKS make its own belts so they will be coming from a parts supplier like Gates anyway.

The noise I have is a whirring noise. After listening to it again tonight, I think you might be on the money with tooth profile or something similar. I have a Gates belt and new OS Giken gears. Perhaps you wouldn't get the noise with the original gears???

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