Review on 🚗 Gates 45005 Automotive Water Pump by Mark Gardner

I am currently giving this Gates water pump 3 stars and will update as needed. The reason for only 3 stars is that when I tried to tighten the new Gates thermostat housing to 11 ft-lbs, the threads on the thermostat housing loosened. I originally used the screws that came with the new thermostat housing. They were about 1/8 inch shorter than the bearing bolts I just removed from the old thermostat/water pump. At 11 ft-lbs, the bolts just kept turning. I replaced the new bolts with the old bolts, which were a bit too long and snapped right away. I searched through my stash of old screws and found several of the same size but twice as long. Fortunately, the threaded hole on the Gates water pump comes to another. The bolts I used go about 1/4" through the water pump, and I tightened them with a regular socket wrench, this time without a torque wrench. Without those extra bolts, I would have gone to my local parts store for a new water pump. Remember the metal that makes up the water pump is a softer metal than the factory metal Silverado at 5.3 liters I hope the thermostat housing doesn't start leaking or I'll have to do this job over and over again.