Where the heck did everyone find the timing belt tensioner tool. I saw that a few people made their own, willing to do that if it comes to it but what is the thread size and pitch?

 

Try this: http://www.miller.spx.com/

I got the tool from them - works great, and is cheap for what it does.

 

yup, gonna take a week or so to get though.....

 

I had mine overnighted ended up costing me like $40 bucks.

 

ok this is how i made mine...i went to home depo and bough a 5/16 threaded rod...then i bough two 13mm bolts w. 1.25 pitch, used some wd40 and re-threaded the rod..it works well...the rod thread is soft enough so that it can be...it can only be use like 4 times though... it works..but you only gonna need it once...unless you guys screw up...hehe..gl

 

AMS sells the one I use.

 

I found a PN through Mitsu and that is MD998738. They had a PN but not a listing or a price on it.

I really don't want to drive to IL today but if I have too.

 

Any good hardware store can order threaded metric rod. It took my guy less than 1 day to get.

 

You are correct, it's 8x1.25mm rod that you want. Use anti-seize while putting the rod in and make sure to tighten it a quarter turn at a time (once you feel tensoin) to avoid getting ahead of the tensioner. Also, you're better off putting three nuts on the outside end so you can put the socket over two and still have one to hold them in place. Very easy. BUT, make sure to get a good grade of rod.. not some cheap Home Depot crap. Got mine from a machine shop and have used it a couple times.

Good luck!

 

Just don't get your homemade one stuck, cutting that bastard out really turns the job into a major PITA. If I had to do it again I would definitely wait until I could either have one of the mill/spx or the ams ones before I did this job again.

 

How long does this rod need to be? The longest I found was about 6" but i did buy 2 of them, I could always weld them together tomorrow. The best I could find was Grade 8 which I think is more than enough strength.

 

i made mine too...worked fine. just use some antiseize and do it slowly.

 

grade 8 should do you fine

 

pep boys. Put down a deposit, rent the tool, return it, get your money back.

 

No pep boys here. But we have the commercials.