The Technical Bulletin Booklet, just published by Gates, is a response to some commonly recurring installation problems with particular drive systems.

Gates, a leading manufacturer of belts and tensioners, has produced the booklet to help make installers aware that the procedures for replacing drive system components in certain types of engines are subject to change.

The Technical Bulletin Booklet is fully illustrated and each Bulletin explains the causes of, and the solutions to, premature belt failures associated with specific vehicles and models.

For example, Technical Bulletin No.26 covers issues affecting the SOFIM engines used in models manufactured by Fiat, Iveco, Peugeot-Citroen, Renault and Vauxhall.

“Prevention is better than cure,” says Gates regional sales manager for the UK and Ireland, Nick Rackyleft. “Vehicle manufacturers can make modifications to the components in the drive systems of later models and may, occasionally, amend the replacement procedure.

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