Timing belt tensioner tool?

[Cox Abele]

The last time I did my timing belt, I had a friend give me a hand. He had his tool for the tensioner- a piece of all-thread with two nuts locked on it.

This is a heck of a lot cheaper than some of the correct tools and seemed to work just fine. I'll be doing a cam set this week and will need to depress the tensioner, thus needing the tool to do so.

What is the thread pitch so I can go out and pick up my own threaded rod.

 

[dgdsm]

I believe it's M8 X 1.25

 

[Dsmkauai]

The jay racing kit is $50 and comes with all 3 tools, making timing jobs no hassle at all! What's so expensive about that? http://www.jayracing.com/timing-belt-tools-c-17_229/jay-racing-timing-belt-tools-kit-p-214.html

 

[Mike02rt]

DIY Tensioner tool = M8x1.25 threads

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The tool you make will work well a few times. Anymore than that just consider ordering the set from Jay Racing as mentioned by Dsmkauai.