Performance Tool W89208 Cam Pulley Holder (Nissan/Toyota/OHC/Camry/Maximas/V6)

Worked great on my 1998 Toyota Avalon. Not cheaply made, quality steel. Don't buy the cheaper ones, they wont hold up.

Absolutely a necessary tool, whether you’re holding a cam in place during a timing belt swap, or holding a pulley while loosening the bolt. This makes the jobs easier. It’s a tough tool that will perform great for years to come.

This tool is awesome. I used it to hold each of the 2 camshaft sprockets in order to remove the 2 bolts on my 1991 4runner V6. If you are less than 6ft. tall & under 200lb., removing the bolts on the camshaft sprocket can be dangerous & scary. To remove the bolts, I inserted about 4 inches of the red handle of this tool to a 3 foot pipe ensuring that the pipe extends 1 foot past the fender where someone else can hold it safely and comfortably onto the camshaft sprocket while I cracked the camshaft sprocket bolt lose. Seriously you will hear the bolt crack lose & you will see the breaker bar bend so much that you will think it will brake...scary. I used a 1/2" drive breaker bar 18 or 25 inches in length with another 3 foot length pipe attached to the handel also ensuring that it went past the fender where I can safely stand behind while loosening the bolt. Warning: the bolts on 30 year old SUV's & trucks are super tight from the many years that it has been in the motor. In addition, it has been under intense heat for the same amount of years so the 2 bolts will be much harder to remove than to install & torque. It may be dangerous to remove the bolts so I advise to have 1 person hold the camshaft sprocket with this holding tool & a pipe extension while another person removes the bolt with a long breaker bar & a long pipe attached to it. The pipe extension length may varie depending on how tall you are and what weight you are. If you are 6 foot tall and 200 pounds, you will definitely not need to have the pipes in the same length. You may not need the pipe extensions at all. I have also used it to hold the camshaft sprockets to remove the bolts on a 1991 Miata. It wasn't necessary though since each camshaft has a special place to attach a crescent wrench to hold them for removing the bolts.

Not sure. Wasn’t for me

GOOD

The tool is robust, and welds are very good. I had to grind down the 2 posts in order for the tool to fit through and grab onto the slots in the harmonic balancer (which have slots spaced 3" on center) on my 2003 Infiniti i35 with VQ35DE engine, as I was doing a timing chain/water pump replacement, and needed to hold the crankshaft in place while breaking loose the crank bolt . I also have a 2004 4Runner this will work on also (or so I have read), so well worth the cost.

Worked great on my 4runner v6

This took makes holding the cam pullies in place very easy. It arrived well packaged and worked just as it should whilst doing the timing belt maintenance on a 3.4 Toyota.