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Paid $500 to a trusted mechanic. Ordered an AISIN timing belt kit and a Bando drive belt for around $250 (including tax and shipping).
Get the Aisin (OEM supplier) Timing belt and water pump w/ hydraulic tensioner kit (TKT021) from RockAuto (good price, authentic Aisin).
I used to be a Toyota parts guy, we used aisin kits for all our timing belt jobs on all the UZ V8s, all of them are the same layout.
AISIN TKT-021 kit has everything you need for timing belt/water pump. The water pump is driven by the timing belt, so always replace it when doing the belt.
Re the timing belt, if that has not been done I would get to that immediately. At 350K km it is a ticking time bomb. Use, specify, or supply the Aisin TKH-002 timing belt kit. It is OEM quality
I’ve used dozens of the Aisin TKH002 kits- they come with koyo bearings, a decent tensioner, and a Mitsuboshi timing belt, all very similar to the oem Honda parts. I think the only major difference is the Honda water pumps are usually made by Yamada and the aisin ones are made by aisin… I can’t say I’ve ever had failures with them
Aisin timing belt kit is a few hundred bucks and very nice quality parts.
I can honesty just say I’ve had an Aisin, Mitsuboshi, and a Gates, plus original OEM by this point in the cars life. They’ve all lasted the 9yr or 90k mark without fault.
The timing belt failed kindly early 65k later, so could have been bogus Aisin parts.
Just did my timing belt. Get the Aisin it’s only like $107 on rockauto.
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The brand is registered in Japan. Official website: https://www.be.aisin-europe.com.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a positive opinion of AISIN timing belt.
PR Score — 97 out of 100, based on 35 reviews and 105 votes. 34 positive reviews, 0 neutral reviews, 1 negative review. Average rating — 4.8 (out of 5). Vote balance: 102 up, 3 down.
In the ranking of the best timing belt this part is at position 1 ahead of Gates and OEM Volkswagen.
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