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Gates DriveAlign Automatic Belt Drive Tensioner
$86.84

Gates DriveAlign Automatic Belt Tensioner (Model 38127)

If you’re looking for reliability and performance in your vehicle’s belt tensioning system, the Gates DriveAlign Automatic Belt Tensioner is a top choice. Gates is renowned for its commitment to quality, bringing the same OE-level durability and fit that you expect from an Original Equipment manufacturer.

Key Features

  • OE Comparison Rating: OE Exact
  • Pulley Quantity: 1
  • Number of Grooves: 6
  • Material: Thermoplastic
  • Contact Surface: V-Ribbed Grooved
  • Pulley 1 Flanged: N/A
  • Outside Diameter: 2.99 inches (76 mm)
  • Bearing Bore Inside Diameter: 0.67 inches (17 mm)
  • Width: 0.98 inches (25 mm)
  • Belt Type: V-Ribbed
  • Mounting Hole Quantity: 1
  • Contents: Tensioner Assembly

Durability You Can Trust

The Gates DriveAlign Tensioner is manufactured to strict tolerances, ensuring a perfect fit and function for your vehicle. Its patented labyrinth seal protects internal components, allowing it to meet or even exceed the life expectancy of original parts.

Improved Performance

Thanks to its innovative vibration-damping system, this tensioner absorbs extreme vibrations, which not only enhances the tensioner's lifespan but also helps prolong the life of your belt and accessories. The torsional round spring design ensures consistent tension, adding another layer of reliability.

Fitment Options

This comprehensive line of tensioners includes options for a wide range of vehicles, including cars, vans, SUVs, and light trucks, both domestic and import (European and Asian). You can trust Gates to provide the right fit for your vehicle.

Why Choose Gates?

Gates stands as a global leader in Original Equipment system design, ensuring that every product meets the highest standards of quality and performance. With the DriveAlign Automatic Belt Tensioner, you’re investing in a product that reflects years of engineering excellence.

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Gates #GATES-38127

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Who is Gates?

Gates is a manufacturing company that specializes in creating application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. Their aim is to push the boundaries and engineer products that would meet their customer’s expectations. Today, they are one of the leading brands in their industry segment and have been trusted by millions of users worldwide.

Search for Perfection

The company has continuously invested itself in its research and development to create products that surpass industry standards. By using real-world experiences, they are able to create innovative products that are superior compared to their competitors.

World-Renowned Brand

Gates has expanded itself by offering more products from its catalogs. They are best known for their engine belts that are designed to fit most vehicles available in the market. Due to their product’s high quality, it has become the brand of choice of professional mechanics and tuners around the globe. They have facilities located at over 120 locations in 30 different countries enabling them to accommodate the increasing demands of their clients.

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If you want quality parts for your vehicle, then Gates is the right brand for you. With over 100 years in the business, they are able to establish a reputation as a leading manufacturer with a strong sense of personal responsibility and are fully dedicated to providing its customers with the best product. To know more about Gates, visit Vivid Racing and check out their list of products that fit your specific requirement.

 




Limited Warranty

Goods are warranted to be free from defects in material or workmanship for the life of the Goods (or the published recommended replacement interval specified by Gates). Gates will replace or repair, at its option, any Goods proved defective in material or workmanship during the warranty period. This is the sole remedy for breach of warranty. Color fade and color difference is not warranted. This warranty is void if the defect is caused by improper installation, use or maintenance of the Goods, or used for racing or competition. Goods are not warranted to comply with laws that may apply to uses of the Goods not stated in related materials, e.g., use in manned or unmanned aviation or life support applications. ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. FAILURE TO REPLACE TIMING BELTS OR OTHER GATES PRODUCTS AS SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE, FOR WHICH GATES DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, and some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
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