Thanks for the vid. Was lazy and didn't read my service manual. Have '08 LGT and '17 STI. The legacy has tensioners for both belts.. The STI no. I bought the Gates tool 91031 since it would arrive the quickest. A 5 minute job with the tool. Helpful vid.👍
Useful video, thanks for posting. Notes of caution to thers: check you have the belt routed correctly with reference to the tool and look for a decent quality tool, like in the video, which has a rounded edge to feed the belt on to the A/C pulley. I used a Chinese version, cut from aluminium plate, and it damaged the edge of the belt.
I guess stretch belts do save the added weight and cost of a tensioner. But then there is the cost of the tool to install the belt. A 1-cent zip tie threaded through the pulley hole and zipped tight against the belt will accomplish the same thing though.
Thanks for the vid. Was lazy and didn't read my service manual. Have '08 LGT and '17 STI. The legacy has tensioners for both belts.. The STI no. I bought the Gates tool 91031 since it would arrive the quickest. A 5 minute job with the tool. Helpful vid.👍
Useful video, thanks for posting. Notes of caution to thers: check you have the belt routed correctly with reference to the tool and look for a decent quality tool, like in the video, which has a rounded edge to feed the belt on to the A/C pulley. I used a Chinese version, cut from aluminium plate, and it damaged the edge of the belt.
Thanks for the video. Had the tool but it's been so long since I used it, I forgot 😅
thanks for the simple straightforward video
sincere thanks for taking the time to share this procedure:>)
Very helpful for my 2016 STI, thx
Appreciate it bro
Thanks man
Thank you for the video.
What are car manufacturers thinking? The inbuilt tensioners have worked nicely for years.
Change is good they say? lol.
What its the name of the tool?
thanks for the video because the instructions from Gates belt install tool were absolute useless & garbage...
this whole mess or convert to a tensioner from an 04-07 sti.....hmmmmm
What a stupid concept.
I guess stretch belts do save the added weight and cost of a tensioner. But then there is the cost of the tool to install the belt. A 1-cent zip tie threaded through the pulley hole and zipped tight against the belt will accomplish the same thing though.
@@ezdeezytube even the subaru race teams just convert back to a tensioner for ease of service.
@@ezdeezytubeglad I saw this comment!
Thank you!!!!!!