2007 Aveo Timing Belt

[Dustin]

I made a tool to do the timing belt on my gf's Aveo5. It worked pretty well. The whole job took me about 8 hours... Not too bad I thought, considering I've never done it before (on an Aveo). This included the time it took me to fabricate the tool.

[avguy]

Very nice - I like it!
I had seen other examples of this, and was planning on doing the same thing. Then I saw one on Amazon for $15 and with no shipping cost because I was ordering the belt kit from them anyway.
So I caved in to the easy way

[Dustin]

I used the writeup found on this site with the search function. It was very helpful, and the pictures made everything easier. I found that if I loosened these two bolts also I could flex the inner timing belt cover out of the way easier to change the water pump.

[Dustin]

I forgot to add: I tried to use zip ties in place of the cam tool mentioned in the writeup. They were a fail, but binder clips worked pretty well. Also, I didn't have any paint pens or white out, so I just marked the pulleys at 12 'o clock with a black marker and counted 15 teeth between the marks. Put new belt on without moving anything, checked marks on cams and crank, tensioned belt, cranked engine over twice, rechecked everything. It took about four tries to get the two nubs to line up properly on the new tensioner, then I realized that I had the water pump bolts too loose and it was cocking in it's bore, throwing off the tensioner when I tightened down the water pump bolts.