Timing belts, Whos is better??

[Mark R]

Guys,
The question was with Timing belts, not alternator belts. As far as I know,
all timing belts are metric. They're sized by length, width, and number of
teeth. Personally, I prefer the Gates belts over the Continentals..... due
to the fact that Gates belts seem to more often have cuts in the ribs for
flexing where the Contis don't. This seems to make them last longer,
surprisingly. I had to order my Gates belt for my GM pickup as all of the
local suppliers had Conti or Kelly.
 That said, if your change interval is 60K miles or less, I think you'd be
fine either way.
 Mark

 On 11/7/05, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Conti it is.
> > Question: My Bentley says that my V-belts, AC,PS,ALT/WP should be 9.5mm,
> > 9.5mm and 12.5mm. But the replacement parts (Conti), listed for my eng.
> are
> > 0.5mm larger, ie; 10,10 and 12 (0.5mm smaller). Is this going to cause a
> > problem?
>
> I'm not going to stick my neck out and say "no," but what makes the
> Conti belt work right is the angle of the "V" fitting properly. I
> suspect the 0.5 mm width difference will make less difference than
> having an "inch sized" belt with the wrong V profile... but I would get
> a second, informed opinion on this before taking my guess for gospel!
>
> This info is based on experience with the 5 cyl, by the way, it probably
> applies to your (V-6?) as well.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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