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Review on 🔧 Gates 38285 DriveAlign: Automatic Belt Drive Tensioner for Optimal Performance by Marfel Fekete

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Quality part best of the spares

I have a 2006 Ram 2500 diesel truck as it is new and the gate is what I used to replace the original tensioner when it first came in 2012 failed. I've noticed that the metal idler pulley outperforms the factory plastic idler pulley and that's a big plus. Now in 2020, after many years and many kilometers of work, it's time to replace the V-ribbed belt and I always do the tensioner, regardless of the good condition and maybe the remaining lifespan, so at almost 200 thousand miles, here I ride the new Gates tensioner and the Gates green stripe serpentine belt K081264HD which will give me another 60,000 75,000 miles of headache freedom plus the horrible chirping that Cummins makes when it's not connected is finally gone!

Pros
  • Timing parts
Cons
  • poorly thought out