Gates Subaru Stretch Fit Belt Installation
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2011
- Starting in 2004, a new self-tensioning V-Ribbed belt technology was introduced to the original equipment market that eliminates separate tensioning devices on a secondary accessory drive. Gates has been manufacturing these patented Micro-V® Stretch Fit™ belts for the OE market for years, and Gates is the first to make them available in the aftermarket. Watch this video to learn about installation, and for more information visit www.gates.com/stretchfit/
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Thank you for making a video, the piece of paper with poor pictures, and no words left me lost. Fantastic video. I’ll give an update after
2013 Subaru STi, can confirm it is as easy as the video. Good Work Gates
Instructions unclear, I cut my new belt instead.
Very detailed and Excellent description of what to do.
This is literally the most retarted thing subaru has done. The old tensioners worked fine. Gates has great products But Subaru changed this up now i have to buy a special tool that i will rarely use
tool comes with belt, but yes, shouldve just put a damn tensioner....
@@Laborchet Tool definitely does not come with a Gates belt.
subaru was so concerned about the tension of the belt that they came up with this set up....yet the belt for the alternator has to be tensioned by hand?
Agreed at least if you're gonna do a stretch belt for better long-term reliability, do it for both belts!
Well they don't have the smartest engineers in the industry just look at their engine problems. Such as headgasket and oil consumption. LoL
@@boonvang708 Even Toyota had (has?) oil consumption issues, and they're the best/most conservative automaker out there. I blame regulators for imposing fuel economy and emissions regulations that are nearly impossible to meet without causing such issues. It is odd that only one belt is a stretch belt though, especially with the other using a manual tensioner...
Can you just take the tensioner off and use a stretch fit belt I've seen on the newer subarus that it still has bolt holes for where the tensioner goes
For the alternator belt. How much deflection is correct?
Can you just take the tensioner off and use a stretch fit belt I've seen on the newer subarus that it still has bolt holes for where the tensioner goes
Good information
thanks for the video guys. The shop manual wasn't very clear
Thanks for the video though =D
Has anyone done this to a 2011 wrx ? I see the crack shaft pulley is different from mine, wondering if the tool would work
Modern subarus should have an a/c belt tensioner. I may be wrong, bit as far as I know the engine changed slightly after 2011 and they should have the tensioner from the manual 2.5 pre 2011
This is a scam to make you go to the dealer for replacement.
f that i used the special pry bar alignment technique, i use gates great belts btw
F that i reuseing the same belt the ho still new like who really needs good ac crack a window
The tool comes with the vehicle.. In the spare tire tool kit jack.....Unless someone kept it....
You mean the tire iron jack handle?
@@michaelszczys8316 I mean it is stored with the jack kit...Ford Subaru, and GM supply the tool to put the belt on...
Kind of like Mercedes Benz..They put the fuse box diagram. In the spare tire compartment...Not in the damn Manual..Where it makes sense to put it..Go figure...
Yeah, I know, just kidding. The tool is with the jack- use the jack handle to pry it on.
@@michaelszczys8316 I know some Mazda use the same type belt for the AC compressor. I just use 3 tie wraps. Then rotate the crank shaft with a ratchet....Then cut the tie wraps off..
Since that time. I bought the tool. As I do several of these a year..
And bending the AC Compressor around then using a pry bar to get the AC bolt in again. Will screw the compressor up..I seen so many cross threaded Compressor and Alternators from people using that method. I want to scream...As i have to put new threads and bolts in them.
What really sucks the most about a set-up like this is that it makes it near impossible to fix a simple belt on the side of the road if you don't have the custom tool.
Too many things are ' if you have custom tool or wrench ' it takes 10 minutes, if you don't have them it takes possibly days, or you just can't do it at all.
I was searching for Subaru Natsuki stretching with Emilia from Re:Zero, instead I got this.
You can remove and refit a stretch belt without tools. You can do it with your hands as you turn the motor.
What a headache. Go to your local junkyard and grab yourself an 07 or older tensioner and belt, throw it on and have a good day. Just remember when loosening the tensioner it is opposite threading. So clockwise would be loosen the belt and counterclockwise would tighten it.
You can install a tensioner??
Denham Cartwright yes the block has the same holes and threading for the tensioner
@@julianslowik5387 the pulley wheel on the tensioner always ends up making squeaking sounds, i'd rather not have a tensioner...
Well I tried that on mine but then the tensioner slipped and chewed up both the belt and timing cover.
Gates has a install kit. They should send it to a good UA-cam mechanic to demonstrate how it is used. They shouldn't be doing it. This plays like an old time factory's fact video, done by a professional photographer but not a personality.
No matter how many of these godforsaken stretch craps I've fitted, I always have to double check how to fit. My 1971 beetle has a much much better design with the shims, no brains needed 😃
I was thinking the same thing. The Beetles from the 60's and 70's had instructions on how to change the belt in the owner's manual, and came with a tool roll that included a spare belt! It could easily be done in the field by a lay person.
This is the dumbest automobile invention design yet. 😂