i'm still waiting on mine..

 

so where are these gates belts found? because pep boys doesnt have them. (besides the internet)

 

is it too late to get in on this deal?

 

stilll waiting on mine

 

so... is this deal still on?

 

Welcome to the org! congrats on your first post!
seeing as there are a bunch of ppl who haven't paid or contacted me, you can still buy one as long as you pay by Thursday. That goes for anyone who has not paid yet and is on the list. There are about 8 pulleys left. Brett has sold a couple from his own web site...aparently the altima guys missed out on this and pd the full amount.


At this point, it is now first come first serve, whether or not you were on the list or not. Brett will have another run of them complete in the near future, so if you miss out on this, check back in a few weeks.

 

Got mine Friday.

 

If you have a Napa Auto by you they will have it or you can go to www.gates.com and search for an auto store near you that can get them.

 

hey everyone...tech tip on the install. The 14mm rotator bolt that F$#ked up my day...you don't have to losen it. This is directly from my nissan tech. you will tighten (turn to the right) the tension adjustment bolt (12mm) that you can get from under the car. it will be very tight, but continue to crank it...an impact wrench or high torque drill with extension and swivel will get it done quicker. that bolt will actually crank the powersteering unit to loosen the belt. you don't have to losen it all the way...just get it so you can start to get it off, and use the 19mm on the crank bolt and turn the crank and roll the belt off the pulley. do the reverse to get the new belt on. hope that helps.

 

looks like it's really hard to get the oem puppy off. i'd still go to the mechanic shop and have them do the job for me. besides, they are only going to charge me 50 dollars for doing both of my cars. i would love to let them sweat on taking it out for me.

 

Hey still with the post office being slow I should have received my pulley by now. I'm in philly and where is he like in Ohio. I'm getting a little impatience here. But I'll keep hope alive

 

Got mine this afternoon.

Thanks again for running this Cale.

 

imex...thanks for staying patient. i would like to say you'd see it today, but i don't want to give you false hopes! good luck and have a good day.

cyu1...50 buck for two installs! i'd do it for that too. my tech was gonna charge me 60 just for one. looks like you have the hookups.

 

I was the first ones to pay and i still havent received mine... kinda starting to loose patience

 

still havnt recieved 95BLKMAX's pulley, paid last week monday

 

Has anyone installed theirs yet? Just curious... got mine already but I won't have time to install it till June.

 

scopium, talked to brett yesterday, and he confirmed that it has been shipped. he said he would recheck all of his shipping receipts and make sure yours went to the right address. the number of pulleys sent and the number of pulleys pd for is the same. that helps with the math to make sure the everyone has been sent their pulley. brett said there was one guy who paid that paypal contacted him regarding a fraudulent account/activity, so he was told not to ship the goods, but i spoke to a person who said they were having identity theft issues and would set up a new account and send the money...i assumed this was the person brett told me about. any issues with your paypal acct? stolen passwords, strange activity? pm me again with you real name, and address. thanks scopium. i am working with brett to get this straightened out. thanks for your patience. can you also go into your paypal acct and copy the transaction number and i will forward it on to brett to make sure that he received funds with that # assigned to them. thanks again.
cale

 

 

I have a small question about the install, are people replacing the crankshaft seal ? If they are, where are they buying it from? Thanks

 

Yes
Nissan
$7.12

 

I put mine on last Friday. I had a lift so it was much easier, I can't imagine doing it on my back in the driveway. The directions supplied were half-***, maybe quarter-*** at best. There were a few important points left off.

1. You can and should re-use the power steering belt. Or at least replace it with the stock size.

2. When releasing the tension on each belt, you must first loosen the lock bolts, one in the center of the main belt tensioner pulley and one on the tensioner bracket of the power steering pulley.

3. You will most likely have to sand down the center of the new pulley. It took about 30 mins with normal sand paper and trial and error fitting.

4. It is definitely a 2 person job - 1 holding the brake pedal down and the other loosening and tightening the crank bolt.

5. Removing the crank seal was more involved than described. You need a tool that has some type of pick or hook. You need leverage to pry the seal out.

6. Removing the oil filter will give you a little extra room for the PS belt removal.

Good luck.

 

Why did you sand your thing down again??? Mine fit perfect no sanding needed...

The crankseal came out with a screwdriver for me, very easy...

on the rest, might be more difficult for an automatic, im guessing you have a 5spd

 

I still havent received mine.. at this point i'm loosing my patients.. everyone else got it except me...
i'm gonna wait till friday may 6th.. then i'm gonna report it to my credit card company so i can get my money back.

if u have any updates please let me know

 

Im going to wait till monday the latest to receive my friends pulley, its been too long :\

 

i have not received my pulley for my 2k3 and payed since april 15

 

Id imagine that they prob just got misrouted in the mail. if it were me id give it another week. Then do what you may. I got mine fast and i live in california but ive had crap happen where i dont get a package for one month.
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I finally installed my UDP today! It was actually allot easier than i thought!
My dad is a mechanic and he just stood by and gave me a few pointers and an extra hand.

At least ive changed the belts twice on here already so the main time consuming thing for me was letting the car cool down. I used the Blip Method to loosen the bolt sure enough the third blip it broke loose. My Dad said he'd never heard of that trick but its great. I bought all 3 belts. The Power steering is the same size belt as the OEM but i went ahead and replaced it since i already had it off. The other Belt i used for my 95 GLE Auto was the gates 060410 worked great. the 060408 was too small. I just torqued it back using a wrench and a hammer.. tapped it a few times and tried to see if i could break it free but i couldnt. I was curious so i tried the blip method again. and it took 3 blips again to free it.. should be just fine if you dont have a torque wrench available.

You can pick these Gates belts up at Napa Auto Parts if you have one nearby.

I wouldnt say it feels like ive gained allot of horsepower or anything, but..
I definately notice low end acceleration is improved. and higher rpm's.

Don't know why, but i havnt chirped 2nd with my VBMod since i bought new tires, but tonite it did that a few times tonite with the new UDP. Im not saying that its a big improvement, but every little bit helps!

 

I'm goin . My pulley is nowhere to be found :-(

 

^^^^ +1 ^ 10

 

scopium, sober (95blackmax), and celica...you all do not have your pulleys yet. they have all been sent. they are in the post office's hands, not brett's. i know it really sucks to wait, but that is just par for the course. all i can ask is that you guys try to keep your patience. i can simpathize with you. my headers and y pipe took longer than what the shipping date was and i was stressed out too, so you are not alone. just a couple more days. next gd we are going to do shipping seperate, and you can choose your poison. this has been a big headache for everyone involved. you guys and me. it sucks, cause i am just the middleman. i do appreciate everyone's thanks though. that makes it all worth it to know that the deal is worth my time. my wife disagrees, but she doesn't understand...its the ORG!

 

thanks for the info, but i called the post office on friday and gave them my address and they said .. there is no item being shipped to the address at all. i dont know who to believe anymore. and my credit card company refuses to refund me the money.. so if i dont get my pulley i guess i'm screwed big time.
i'll bite my tongue for another week.

 

are there any pulleys left? i was on original list but have been on vacation for 2 weeks and completely forgot. if so, i can paypal the money later today.

 

Officially been 2 weeks today

 

Hello everyone. Word has it that a few pulleys are wondering around. We shipped most of these pulleys via parcel post and that is the slowest route on the planet but the only affordable method considering the low cost of this deal plus we had to eat the shipping costs. So i'm not very surprised if they take longer than 10 days to show up. We are out in Ohio so california and florida might take some time. They were all shipped out and they will show up for sure. We've shipped 1000's of packages since our beginning and nothing has ever disappeared. Checking with the post office will do no good because they have no way of knowing. So they will show up. Thanks!!
Brett Sandstorm

 

sober...anything yet?

 

ordered my pulley. thanx =). btw will i get like a confirmation # or something. for express shipment?

 

at this point.. i cant do anything but to wait... my credit card company wont refund my money. .. Capital One sucks..
so i just have to wait and pray that its on its way

 

No sir, stalked the mailman today but he had no goods to deliver

 

have we figured out what belt size fits the best yet?

i remeber there was 2 sizes and someone was going to check which one fits better.

 

Alright, turns out Brett made a booboo when shipping the pulley and put the wrong address.. Talked to him on the phone, he has re-sent it and hopefully all should be good now

 

I used a 407 belt, had to crank it to get it on, fits perfect tho, I think any belt would work from 407-410 as long as you can get it on and tensioned enough.....

For the PS pump, the stock size is 305, i used a 300, fit on fine as well...