Does Autozone or any other store rent a crankshaft pulley holder for 4 cylinder Honda motors? I really don't want to pay $40 for a tool I'm going to use once, I would rather pay a small fee to rent the tool and bring it back. I'm hoping to do the the belts on my 01 Accord this weekend so I'm limited to buying or renting from local stores. Is there any reason not to buy the timing belt kit from NAPA with the belts, water pump, tensioner, and pulley? I've had good luck with other parts I've bought from NAPA lately, but these belts are not where I want to learn about bad parts the hard way.

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Does Autozone or any other store rent a crankshaft pulley holder for 4 cylinder Honda motors? I really don't want to pay $40 for a tool I'm going to use once, I would rather pay a small fee to rent the tool and bring it back. I'm hoping to do the the belts on my 01 Accord this weekend so I'm limited to buying or renting from local stores. Is there any reason not to buy the timing belt kit from NAPA with the belts, water pump, tensioner, and pulley? I've had good luck with other parts I've bought from NAPA lately, but these belts are not where I want to learn about bad parts the hard way.Belts are belts.

And as far as the pulley holder, check out the specialized 'loan-a-tool' part on autozone's site. I didn't realize that Autozone's rentals varied by store, I'll check with my local shop. The website doesn't list it so I'm not hopeful. I've seen some DIY solutions that I might try, I'm a welder and I have metal fabrication tools so I can probably fab something up if necessary. It would be easier to just borrow the correct tool.Depends on location, the ones near me stopped loaning out tools after too many people were stealing them with fake/stolen credit cards (same with using their OBDII scanners in parking lot).

I decided to just buy a crankshaft pulley tool. It cost about $45 from NAPA. I have four Hondas in my household at this moment alone and I'm sure I'll have more.

It's just a good investment for me. Autozone does not rent them though. When you go into Autozone there should be these big orange-red placemats on the counters. One will say Rent-A-Tool at the top. Most of the tools are shown on there, though the store probably has more in the back. I've never seen a crankshaft pulley tool through Autozone.

I've worked there for five years. Definitely call around though. Your part store employees will have much better information about their inventory than random people on the internet.

So I actually went back to work to check up on this. I printed the entire planogram (the shelf layout for the loaner tools kept in stock) out for the Loan-A-Tool program (non-California version) to make sure I hadn't missed it when I physically looked at the shelf full of tools. No, still no Honda tool listed there.

Then I went through the part numbers and looked up all the part numbers in the sequence that were missing from the planogram. I went beyond the highest number listed as a part number and eventually found it. HONDA HARMONIC HOLDER 27176 Part type: Harmonic Balancer Price: $35.99 Features & Benefits: OEM automotive specialty tools are designed to perform day after day in any environment. Out engineers design tools that maximize both performance and budget.

OEM tools out-perform the competition time after time. * Holds crankshaft damper when tightening/loosening crankshaft bolt on Honda and Acura engines * 50 mm hex design * Chrome moly steel for toughness * 1/2 In. Drive square for breaker bar attachment Part #: 27176 Color / Finish: Black Crankshaft applications: 2' Pilot Truck CLutch Alignment Shaft for Honda and Acura Drive Size: Multiple Drive Size Set Etched/Stamped Size Identification: No Material: Lightweight Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon Body The only problem is this tool is VDP (Vendor Direct Parts), which means it's order only.

It's not stocked in the store. For my store that means two to four days until it arrives to our store through FedEx.

I did check and it is still available for order (some VDP items, when you prompt the system to order the item, will come back with a 'vendor out of stock' message). On the website 'Store Pick Up' is greyed out for me too (you might want to be sure for your area though).