Not Cheap, but Pully Boys has a Tool that makes belt changes an Easy one man job.



It's $75.00 bucks plus shipping but it makes changing the belt a breeze.

It was worth it for me, i'll be swapping belts in and out once he supercharger is installed.

If Snap On had them they would cost the same or most likely more.

When I was a body and fender man the Snap On man Loved me.

But then again when you make your living using Tools, have the right tool for the job it's a Must.

 

No one helped me when I did mine and it really wasn't a difficult or time consuming job. You might want that tool if you're a mechanic for a living but for the average person it's not necessary.

 

see my post
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...6&postcount=49

the tool you need is j44811.

 

I would LOVE to see you fit that tool in the 3/4" space between the engine and firewall of the HHR! Seriously!!!

 

OPPS, your probably right.

Since I am installing a Cobalt SS/SC supercharger it works with a superchargers setup. When I posted I forgot they were different setups/brackets.

I bought the tool so I can easily install the belt myself, and can make supercharger pully swaps a breeze in the future.





Got excited when the tool arrived totally forgetting about the difference in setups.

 

neat tool specfic to your application

 

The "right tool" that GM will sell you (for around $60) looks exactly like the "universal" tool.... until you notice that the 3/8 square is 45 degrees to the bar instead of 0.

 

I used the cheap Harbor Freight tool, #66344. I paid under 15 bucks for it and it worked just fine. The only modification I had to make to it was cutting it down to about 13". I probably mentioned that already somewhere earlier in this thread.

 

In some of the posts there is a pic of a herbor freight shortened tool with a hook on the end. What is the hook used for and where?

 

pay and be done with it.................local mechanic does wonders when you deal with him/her on a regular basis