New DeWalt wrenches rbrt style?

[ChevyEFI]

I am told that to replace the timing belt on my 2011 Buick Enclave has as Step 1: Remove the engine.

Can you cut the belt in half lengthwise and slip the new one in place to save time?

 

[AJHD]

Can you cut the belt in half lengthwise and slip the new one in place to save time?

What?

 

[john.k]

No need ..if you ignore it long enough it will break ,and be easy to remove.

 

[ChevyEFI]

What?

If everything is in place and you cut the old belt to half-width, the new one slides on, the old is cut out, and the new is fully slid on, you skip the timing step. Doesn't work on everything. This assumes tensioner and all other belt driven parts don't need removed.

 

[sdca7718]

Yes facom/proto/Mac are all SBD premium offerings, you can also place dewalt up there as they see it as a premium powertools. All those brands excluding facom offer no skip sets up to 19mm. The bigger sizes do skip, but that more common. Rbrt was exclusive to MAC, now it's offered across the board by almost all SBD brands. It's Slightly less grippy in non MAC form. The design works so well that's it still baffles me on how they reduced what made MAC somewhat special.

Mac sells no skip 6-19mm and 20-24mm. The 25-32mm set skips 29mm and 31mm for the rbrt wrenches. I believe they are the only set with skips only in the highest sizes and it’s the same for their SAE wrenches also.

 

[dtuned]

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