🕒 Cloyes 9-0398SB Timing Chain Kit for Improved SEO Review

Cloyes has been around longer than most people realize. This is a direct replacement for the application you are repairing. There are cheaper kits out there but you really do get what you pay for. Install a cheaper kit and you may have to remove the motor again to replace the right bank chain. Get the job done right the first time. It's worth your time and energy. I used this kit to completely rebuild a 2008 Ford Explorer 4.0L engine.

Great parts but the kit does not include any screws that need to be replaced (which can only be tightened once per replacement). The kit did not include a timing chain cover gasket so I had to stock up and order. It would be nice if they had a list of what is and isn't included. Also, jump time 4.0 is easy. Has the timing kit I bought solved the problem of me not being in the same boat 40,000 miles later?

Nice kit from Cloyes. The price is good, the kit is almost complete. They even have a great step-by-step chain replacement tutorial on YouTube. My only criticism of this kit is that it does not include the necessary bolts for the countershaft. Both can also be ordered from Revain. I did two jobs in a row with the timing chain. So order twice. The first in the kit emerged with a broken piece of plastic in front of the front rail. This seller immediately sent me a new part and didn't even want to