Belt installation tool

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In most cars, there is a tension mechanism that you can adjust with a wrench, thereby loosening the belt. The easy way is to use a serpentine belt tool. Bear in mind there are actually two types of serpentine belt tools: One specifically designed for getting to and adjusting that pesky tensioner, and the other to help you grab and place the belt. In its most basic form, the first kind is a long, thin bar with a drive square on one end.

You can use it to adjust the tensioner without having to take half your car apart, and that can save a lot of time and sweat. These tools will often come in kits that include not just an array of common sockets for the job, but one or more extension bars.

Extension bars can be added to the end of a serpentine belt tool, allowing you to get leverage from a variety of angles. In many cases, you can even fasten a standard wrench onto the end of the tool. The second kind of serpentine belt tool is used not to loosen the pulleys, but to manipulate the belt itself.

Serpentine belts can wind across many pulleys in spots that are even more difficult to access than the tensioner. A serpentine belt installation tool is a long rod with a two or three-pronged fork at the end. This fork is situated at a right angle to the main bar, and the tines are meant to fit between the grooves in the belt. This makes it much easier to grab and stretch over pulleys without having to actually reach them.

A selection of the different socket sizes is a big plus, especially if you plan to work on more vehicles than just your own. There are even tiny gauges that can measure the acceptable level of wear in your grooves if you really want to do your own diagnosis. A smoothly-operating tensioner should run without wobbling in the belt at all, though the tensioner itself might vibrate slightly.

Look for the DWYM seal for products that are the best in the category. Show Contents. Check Price. Overall Take This tool is specifically designed for help in maneuvering the actual serpentine belt — not releasing the tension bar. Expert Reviews User Summarized Score 9. What experts liked. What experts didn't like. Overall Product Rankings. Related Categories.