Recommend a serpentine belt?

[bullwinkle]

Originally Posted By: Rolla07
Had great luck with my gatorback belt.
Now known as Continental Elite-the silica infused Gatorback is the best serpentine belt ever! I just put one on the XJ yesterday!

 

[Audios]

Conti/Bando/Dayco/Gates. All are fine. Like stated definitely check the timing belt and the tensioner pulley when theres no load on it. If you can hear it spinning, its probably bad.

 

[Errtt]

Last year replaced the serpentine on my DD Hyundai 2.4L with a Bando. I don't know why I bought the Bando as I never considered Bando before. Well, Amazon had it and it dipped in price so I figured why not try it.
I can't make any complaint about it. Runs nice and quiet. I was almost kicking myself in the 1st place for buying it.
I'll probably go back with Gates though after this, maybe.

 

[WiskyBadger]

Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
Originally Posted By: Rolla07
Had great luck with my gatorback belt.
Now known as Continental Elite-the silica infused Gatorback is the best serpentine belt ever! I just put one on the XJ yesterday!
Gatorbacks are the only belt I use. They’re great

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

OEM > Conti. > Gates > Bando. I no longer will use Dayco. The slight squeak made me nuts on my BMW. Replaced with OEM and gone instantly. Gates squeaks under WOT shifts on my F-150, gatorback won't, I can live with that though.
A lot of tensioners or idlers just use a 6203 2RS bearing. Press a new bearing in to save some serious $$. Easy with a vise or even a hammer and socket.

 

[cronk]

I have had good service out of Bando and Gates.

 

[BAJA_05]

What kinda tensioner would I need also besides the serpentine belt replacement?



Dale

 

[NavyVet88]

Dayco and Gates are my only experience with belts and they work just fine

 

[Alfred_B]

I only use OEM belts for my vehicles. They seem to last quite a long time.

 

[gizzsdad]

Originally Posted By: The Critic
A 2008 should have had the timing belt replaced by now - those are due every 7 years or 100-110k. When the timing belt service was done, the external drive belts should have been replaced at the same time.

If a 2008 still has the original drive belts, it should raise a red flag for you.

For drive belts I only use dealer belts or Bando.


I had the serpentine belt changed on my wife's 2007 Frontier (80K) last summer. I asked for the old belt just because I was curious how it looked after 10+ years and 80K miles. I was stunned at how good it looked! After seeing this I did a few searches and found that MANY folks think nothing of running them for many years and 150 -200K.

So these new EPDM belts really are good. I would say a squealing belt is a good reason to change.

 

[Wolf359]

Originally Posted By: ChevyBadger
Originally Posted By: bullwinkle
Originally Posted By: Rolla07
Had great luck with my gatorback belt.
Now known as Continental Elite-the silica infused Gatorback is the best serpentine belt ever! I just put one on the XJ yesterday!
Gatorbacks are the only belt I use. They’re great


Goodyear sold their belt business to continental so it's all continental now no more Goodyear.

 

[artificialist]

Cars that were built in Japan usually had a Mitsuboshi/MBL/3 star belt on them, and those are good belts.

However, getting a Gates belt is so easy that I wouldn't spend extra time trying to get an OEM belt. Gates belts are good the way they are.