I meant to buy this kit a while ago and never got to do it until now.
By now you will all have seen youTube videos and blogs about it so I won't cover this.
My views on it:
It is well made and very well packaged. However, if you have like me an older HEQ5 Pro mount then
it is not a plug and play.
You know you have an older mount, hexagonal head on the transfer gear shaft, later ones have a round head.
There is also a major difference between old and new. The motor plate only has one grub screw and not two.
The issue there is when you place the new idler, well it won't fit as such. You need to drill out the bottom part of the motor plate which is threaded for the new shaft to slide in.
On the Rowan website, it's mentioned to use some epoxy. But I don't like this idea.
Now comes the other issue... a picture is worth a thousand words so you'll figure it out
And the solution to the above is....
You will also have to reduce the back of the main pulley to align all three.
Conclusion:
With a bit of work, it fits nicely and works great. No more grinding noise !!! <---- seriously super quiet.
Hopefully, I will have a clear night so that I can re-align the mount. Of yeah, you can do all of the above without disturbing your alignment, but mine was off and needs re-doing.
A must to buy: the pinion extractor tool.
Not sure why the 3mm version is not included in the kit really, that's all you need the 3mm.