A very hard tool to come by but very useful. I only know of one person in Hawaii that has it.

http://www.amsperformance.com/cart/a...cket-tool.html

 

nice find! the oem tools are almost double that price! and cobb who used to make them stopped..

i wonder if a 3/4 or 1 inch impact gun would do the trick? the honda guys/dealership removing the crankdampener with the crank tool now just zap them off using the 3/4 gun and no tool....

 

i have an old timing belt that i wrap around the crankshaft and timing gear. Hold the belt with a couple vise grips and use a 1/2 breaker bar.

Makes it easy.

Another thing that i do is cut an old timing belt cut off a couple of one inch lenghts, place them over the timing belt between the driver side gears and pinch with large vise grips.

hold a jack handle or some other tool over the tensioner to leverage it downward to keep the belt from slipping while loosening all four.

can do the same to tighten.

The problem with impact guns....is that there is nothing to impact, the belt flexes and the gear springs out and back absorbing most of the impact.


I would have bought this tool a while back, but now I have figured out so many easy ways to do the job without it.

 

seems way overpriced for something that I can do with the ^above method in minutes. Never had any problems with the old timing belt and vice grips method.

 

like chad and thug nasty both mentioned, you can do other "methods".....when seth dropped by motor last year, he didnt have the tool....he does now though...so chalk another one onto your list, sonic has it

 

coming from a family of mechanics it was drilled into my head to always use the right tool for the job and not to always BFW/BFH it. not to say the other methods don't work just stating how I was taught.

 

true. he tried to order one last year but fail...was out of stock and back ordered....