speedemon

Anyone in N. VA near Dulles with the crankshaft pulley tool for doing the Timing Belt job on an LS430 that I can borrow, I'll come to you, it's the tool that you attach to the pulley so you can remove the bolt and then use a puller to remove the pulley. Most importantly it's used to hold the crank when you are putting the pulley back on and getting it torqued properly. I've read 188 ft lbs

Short notice but I have some time this weekend and I'm going to knock it out, I'll buy you some beer!

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bigrobg757

you and rent one from autozone.. that is how i did mine..

speedemon

I'm looking for the toyota crankshaft sst for loosening and torquing the crank pulley bolt.

speedemon

I've checked with borrowing from advanced auto, or autozone and they don't have them.

speedemon

Well in talking with a couple service techs at Toyota and Lexus they both said they use their impact on the Crankshaft bolt to tighten, one said it's fine just like that the other said use some red loctite. Being paranoid about the bolt coming loose and causing non standard stress on the end of the crank and the possibility of cracking/breaking the end of the crank, I decided to use the Red and an impact, bottomed out with red should be just fine.

Complete job done with all components including

Timing Belt
Timing Belt Tensioner
Timing Belt Tensioner Pulley
Timing Belt Idler Pulley
Water Pump
Thermostat and Gasket
Spark Plugs
Air Filter

Don't forget the -
Blue Loctite for the Tensioner Pulley Bolt
O-Ring for the T-Stat
O-Ring for the back of the water pump
O-Ring for the water inlet housing
Toyota Gasket Seal maker stuff for the housing and pump contact point

Now all I have to do is kick back and enjoy the fact that I just saved a boatload of money, parts are expensive but for the cost of getting just the belt changed at an independent I was able to do everything and then some.