CTA Tools 7852 Ford Stretch Belt Tool - Compatible with Ford 1.5L/1.6L, SILVER

This is my second kits because I lost a piece to the first kit. I installed 3 belts with first kit and it didn't seem to have any wearing and that's why I got another. As long as I keep owning Ford fiestas, I will continue to buy and use this kit.

I have a 2014 Ford Fiesta SE and this did the job. Did not seem to fit perfectly or maybe I did something wrong but they still worked.

This thing is junk and caused damage to my shaft wheel. It cannot handle any of the pressure that it creates to hop the belt onto the drive channels. It pops off with a ping scraping the side of the wheel and cuts in the channel guides. The tool that helps keep the belt from falling off cannot be installed without the engine being outside of the bay from how I have seen it. There is barely any space to work with so not sure how that long screw would come out or be installed with a frame right in front of it. It's caused damage to the wheel that most likely will make me have to replace that down the road and replace this belt again due to premature wear.Ford really created a masterpiece with the engineering on this car, but damn this takes the cake on sh*tty designs. The cabin air filter is next in line for the worst engineering on a car I have ever seen. I honestly want to sell this car over dealing with trying to get this belt on any longer. Terrible designed car, terribly designed tool.

There is a great video on YouTube about how to use this tool, it is short and simple. Search 'ford fiesta stretch belt' and the video is by 'flmmaz'. No talking, no shaky cell phone footage, just shows you what to do in a way that is clear and professional.After following the mounting instructions in the video, I started to crank the belt on. It seemed like it was going to work, but then *PING!* it shot off. It wasn't broken, but it was bent. I tried to bend it back to true, but I wasn't able to get it back to the right shape to mount onto the pulley. This was like the third tool I had tried and I was gnashing my teeth over it.I ended up putting two zip ties through the crankshaft pulley to hold the belt in place, and that worked. I gave it two stars because the J-shaped metal piece really does do a great job of keeping the belt from slipping off the water pump while you're working. So, I was happy with half of this kit, but it's a steep price to pay for just the one part.If this helps one person, I feel your pain.

GREAT

Vehicles fitted with stretch belts are a pain in the backside, but this tool made the install easy. It worked like a charm on my 2011 Ford Fiesta.

Great tool for the bucks

The tip that goes in the hole in the pully was bent. Like the C part of the curve in the bracket was crush in tighter by 3/8 to 1/2 inch. It didn't fit on the pully. And really seem to be the wrong tools. It took looking on line and see picture of it mount. Really work well compared to others I used. (For Ford Fiesta)

Don’t try to do this without this tool.

Worked well my only issue was there was no instructions in the box.