Review on Gates K080948 V Belt by Anthony Heinrichs

Good price, installed as needed, works great. No more annoying squeaks from the old belt. Less stars: upgraded, about 10 After driving a few miles, we heard a strange "popping" sound, a sort of piercing. We turned off the engine and noticed the edge of the belt came loose, about 18 inches long, about that wide as some i wanted to cut this piece and take it home i'm not sure if i installed it wrong maybe it overlapped the pup but don't think the belt could be older the packaging isn't the freshest what a Factor could be new on site newer packaging hope it lasts longer Update: Back to 4 stars out of 2 (out of 4) I don't think the strap was the problem The second strap had the same Che Problem A little research has shown me that the belt tensioner is a problem and will need to be replaced even at normal frequencies. replaced the r tensioner, the old one had some issues and it looks like they fixed it along with a third new belt.