CTA 5460 GM Belt Tension Compressor Tool

good

It work very well

I purchased it to compress the spring on the serpentine belt tensioner. It worked just fine, it is the safe way to compress the spring . I used it on a 2013 Buick Lacrosse 2.4L hybrid.

Initially, I couldn't get it to fit correctly on the Ioniq as shown on some of the YouTube videos because opening it enough to fit went past the guides that helped keep this tool aligned. Attempted to use it but the I couldn't get it to close correctly. I then realized this guide is just a roll pin and so I was able to have the pin held in a table vice while I worked the tool free of the roll pin. I then extended the tool as far as the bolt allows and then reinstalled the roll pin so that it stuck out a bit past the maximum the bolt goes before coming off the bracket, then it worked fine. It took 2 people to use. one to turn the bolt with a socket wrench and another person with a box wrench to apply some pressure to keep the tool from slipping off. I then was able to easily remove the belt, but decided to do some from underneath the car to make things easier, instead of needing to fish the belt through the top and hoping to get it to align correctly. Upon inspecting the tool after we were done I noticed the bolt seemed to have stripped a bit in the middle from the amount of pressure it's put under while compressing the spring to remove the old belt. Make sure you compress the spring past what's required to remove the old belt to make sure you have enough room to install the new belt. It seemed like my old belt was stretched maybe 0.5" bigger than the new one and that's with the belt being in use for 70k miles. Good luck!

Initially, I couldn't get it to fit correctly on the Ioniq as shown on some of the YouTube videos because opening it enough to fit went past the guides that helped keep this tool aligned. Attempted to use it but the I couldn't get it to close correctly. I then realized this guide is just a roll pin and so I was able to have the pin held in a table vice while I worked the tool free of the roll pin. I then extended the tool as far as the bolt allows and then reinstalled the roll pin so that it stuck out a bit past the maximum the bolt goes before coming off the bracket, then it worked fine. It took 2 people to use. one to turn the bolt with a socket wrench and another person with a box wrench to apply some pressure to keep the tool from slipping off. I then was able to easily remove the belt, but decided to do some from underneath the car to make things easier, instead of needing to fish the belt through the top and hoping to get it to align correctly. Upon inspecting the tool after we were done I noticed the bolt seemed to have stripped a bit in the middle from the amount of pressure it's put under while compressing the spring to remove the old belt. Make sure you compress the spring past what's required to remove the old belt to make sure you have enough room to install the new belt. It seemed like my old belt was stretched maybe 0.5" bigger than the new one and that's with the belt being in use for 70k miles. Good luck!

Was able to get it over the spring and pull it together.