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Originally Posted by aboothman
Agreed on all points. I have compared OEM and Gates tensioners in the past and the are identical.
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I just replaced my Gates tensioner with an OEM unit. The Part number on the Gates bearing (who is made by koyo) is identical with the part number the OEM unit. Also The gates tensioner has NTN 03 engraved on the unit, while the OEM unit has NTN 04 engraved on it. I'm assuming the tensioner itself is made by NTN.