Gates 38285 DriveAlign Automatic Belt Drive Tensioner
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No, I don't think so, and it fits the 2007 5. 9 24v.
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Yes, it was a perfect fit for my 2006 Mustang.
Cummins 6th Generation, 2008
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This was installed on a RAM 3500 from 2012 that had the 6. Cummins engine with a capacity of 7 liters. This is a more durable part than OEM, and many of them come with a metal roller instead of plastic. This is most likely the source of the chirp when you start or stop your computer. Unless a freak accident happened to the tensioner itself and you know your belt is still good, I recommend doing both at the same time. br>br>You will need an hour, an 18" or 24" breaker bar in a 1/2" drive size(this is a must), a very small amount of blue loctite(recommended), one beer, preferably a ratcheting 13mm combination wrench, a 13mm socket, a ratchet with at least a 3 The air box, fan shroud, or fan are not required to be removed. This can be replaced from the truck's underside. Remove the tension from the belt by knocking it out of a pulley track, then gradually release tension from the tensioner before removing the 13mm bolt. Simply snaking the tensioner through some gaps will allow it to be removed from the bottom. IF THE BELT IS ALSO BEING REPLACED, > > Now for the belt, the hardest part is squeezing it through that tight gap between the crankshaft and fan pulley, BE PATIENT, take the belt off of every pulley so it's just you and the belt and those two aforementioned pulleys', OR you can just cut it because you're probably going to replace it anyways(i don't recommend this in case you were provided with the wrong belt). Check for any wobble or play in all of your pulleys, make a note of it, and replace it right away if possible. After you've removed the belt, take your new belt, which I recommend being a Gates green belt, and thread it back through the gap you just wrestled with or avoided by cutting; Start routing the belt around some, but not all, of the pulleys; you'll need some slack for bolting the tensioner back on, so do this first. br>br>Route the belt around the tensioner's pulley BEFORE bolting it back in place; if you don't, you'll end up with a headache or having to remove the tensioner again to route it. To the threads furthest from the bolt's head, apply two or three drops of loctite. Make sure the locator dowel is facing the engine, and that you place it in its guide hole. Rotate the tensioner body to align the bolt with the threads, and hand tighten the bolt to keep it in place until you can get a wrench/ratchet on it and fully tighten it to OEM specs. Make sure the belt isn't caught on anything, particularly the crankshaft sensor, and that it's in the belt tracks. Apply tension to the newly installed tensioner, then route the belt around the last pulley while gradually releasing tension. Check your work one last time; this is a zero-defect job, which means anything you do wrong will cost you money. Start your car and make sure you've gotten rid of all of your symptoms. br>br>IF THAT IS THE CASE, YOU ARE DONE.
I got it about an hour ago and put it on the truck right away. My old tensioner, in comparison to this one, was woefully inadequate in terms of tension. It only took me about 15 minutes to put it together, and it bolted up like a champ. This was installed on a 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 5 ton truck. Cummins 9L is a diesel engine with a capacity of 9 liters I assure you that this will work. The bearing is as smooth as a baby's ass, and the truck started right up. I'll check in again in about a month to see how things are going.
I noticed that the gates metal pulley outperforms the OEM plastic pulley, which is a significant advantage. Now, in 2020, after many years and many miles of service, it's time to replace the serpentine belt, and with that, I always replace the tensioner, regardless of how good of condition or service life it may still have left, so here I go with a new gates tensioner and a gates green stripe K081264HD serpentine belt, which will give me another 60K to 75K miles of headache-free driving, plus the dreaded chirp that Cummins develops at shutoff.
It's built to last. It was purchased to replace a Dayco unit that I had previously owned. The new Dayco was thicker than the old Dayco, which I noticed. I couldn't put the belt on because it was too tight. br>br>Update! I need to go back to the Dayco unit that is thinner. br>br> I was irritated because I couldn't get the belt to fit. I purchased a Dayco part at a local auto parts store. I was having a similar issue. I figured it out and installed this part, which is more durable than the Dayco part and has a metal wheel rather than a plastic one. br>br>I'm relieved to have discovered what went wrong.
However, despite the fact that the tensioner appears to be of high quality, Someone had already purchased and received this tensioner before me! The box had been opened, and this part had scratches; it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to figure out that this part was put back into circulation because someone hadn't done their job! I would have returned it if I hadn't been in a rush to get this installed and my truck back on the road. I didn't sign up for having to pay for new parts and receiving used ones! Don't get me wrong, Gates makes high-quality coolant parts, but they have no idea what parts houses do!.
Heavy duty for sure, as evidenced by the difference between the dayco on the left and the gates on the right, both of which are printed in Canada. The gates' pulley is metal, while the dayco's is plastic.
9L). The stock Dayco tensioner pulley failed catastrophically after 280K miles. In less than 24 hours, I received my new Gates 38285. As other reviews have stated, this is an extremely superior product! After installing this first and torqueing the bolt to specs (32 ft-lbs), I was able to easily install a new belt. lbs). NOTE: Because the tensioner body is thicker than the stock unit, a longer bolt was included in the package. Use it! br>br>To summarize, I am very pleased with this purchase and am glad I chose it over a replacement Cummins, an OE Dayco, or an aftermarket Dayco.
This is a must-have for 5. 9 owners. The gates tensioner was a direct fit with no issues, but the belt took some time to get. My OEM tensioner, as you can see, failed me. The tensioner for the gates is considerably thicker. Unlike the Dayco plastic pulley, this one is made of metal. My shut down chirp was cured thanks to this gates tensioner and the fleet "green back" belt from gates.
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