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Discussion starter · #22 · (Edited)
xGS said:
Which P/N belt are you getting?
Rock Auto lists Continental P/Ns 840K6 and 4060840, while the Continental site lists P/N 6PK1173.
Also, Rock Auto lists Contitech P/N 6K2135 , while the Contitech/CRP site lists P/N PK060841.
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6PK2135 is printed on the belt.
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Discussion starter · #24 ·
xGS said:
6PK2135 is the P/N Rock Auto lists for the Bando belt - which costs about $6 less than the Continental 4060840.
From whom did you buy this belt?
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@RockAuto .
Although the Bando belt list for $6 less, in every instance I tried, it shipped separately, causing my entire order to increase due to it's higher shipping cost. El Cheapo chose the Continental belt with the ❤ because it didn't do that.
 
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Nail Grease said:
@RockAuto .
Although the Bando belt list for $6 less, in every instance I tried, it shipped separately, causing my entire order to increase due to it's higher shipping cost. El Cheapo chose the Continental belt with the ❤ because it didn't do that.
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I've always got to be careful about that. You can imagine that that phenomenon is amplified when shipping to El Canada.
 
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So, I haven't done the pilot serpentine yet but I will soon as it chirps a bit on starts now. That being said I went to get one last night for the Yaris. Went to CT who said they had one Continental which I've used in the past and liked but they couldn't find it when I got there so I went to Napa and grabbed one there. Holy crap garbage. It's a Gates belt Napa branded and it didn't fit. I put it on 4 times and got it singing tight the last try and it came off all 4 times! I was about to lose my shit thinking I am a dumb ass and can't put a belt on when I grabbed the old belt and compared them. The Napa/gates was just ever so slightly wider and so was not going into the crank pulley far enough to stay on. Put the old belt back on and it stayed fine. Taking the shit belt back and I ordered a Continental from another store arriving tomorrow. Napa stuff has gone way down hill. last few times I got parts they were sub par and poor fit but it was emergency and had to bite the bullet.
 
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Maritime said:
So, I haven't done the pilot serpentine yet but I will soon as it chirps a bit on starts now. That being said I went to get one last night for the Yaris. Went to CT who said they had one Continental which I've used in the past and liked but they couldn't find it when I got there so I went to Napa and grabbed one there. Holy crap garbage. It's a Gates belt Napa branded and it didn't fit. I put it on 4 times and got it singing tight the last try and it came off all 4 times! I was about to lose my shit thinking I am a dumb ass and can't put a belt on when I grabbed the old belt and compared them. The Napa/gates was just ever so slightly wider and so was not going into the crank pulley far enough to stay on. Put the old belt back on and it stayed fine. Taking the shit belt back and I ordered a Continental from another store arriving tomorrow. Napa stuff has gone way down hill. last few times I got parts they were sub par and poor fit but it was emergency and had to bite the bullet.
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Though some responsibility lies with Napa, I would blame Gates more. They have cheaped out in recent years.
 
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Agreed there. Gates used to be go to. I have used their belts 2-3 times in my 79 GL1000 bike. It gets new ones every 4 years or 50K whichever comes first. The other items I was not happy with were a muffler for the Yaris. It doesn't fit right and clangs againts the suspension on bumps, had to grab it as the old broke off and I needed the care drivable same day. other bits were sway bar links etc.
 
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Not to mention the Gates timing belt kit water pump fiasco.

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Well this was a close one. Wife had been complaining of a weird sound coming from the engine bay, as well as poor gas mileage. The only suspect part I had in the engine bay was the cheap Chinese-made Gates brand water pump I installed 40k miles prior (3-4 years ago). It was included in their...
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#35 ·
I went to check, yep I ordered the Gates kit car had 80K miles(134K KM) on the clock then, It has 111K miles (185K KM) now. No noises etc but I feel I should pull the cover and take a look inside this week and if the pump looks at all sketchy I'll replace it
 
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Just to update, I ended up going to the closest to my work auto parts store and grabbed a belt for the yaris, ended up being a gates rebranded as well only this one fit fine. QC is out the window at the Gates factory I guess. Silver lining to the whole thing is when I pulled the wheel on the Yaris to do the belt, grease was everywhere. sometime between the first and second belt install my outer CV boor tore and because I caught it now a new boot and grease should be all I need to save it. If the first belt fit I'd have ended up ruining that axle as I had already put the winter tires on and would have had no reason to look at that area of the car until the axle made noise from no grease left and by then it would be new axle time.
 
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