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Originally Posted by Dean

Just throwing out ideas. Cam bolt is a 10mm hex? That is a dumb design.

Use the belt you have and buy a new one for when you put it back together.

Impact and lever arm are different forces, sort of. That is why you can use an impact while a wheel is in the air and able to spin freely and you can't use a torque wrench. This should be similar. The tools you have will only allow you to apply a small resistance to the gear but you want to apply a larger force to the bolt.

And sometimes a few hits in the tightening direction will help break things loose.

I know I have a 10mm on a 3/8 drive, not sure about a 1/2" if you want to try it. Or use a 10mm impact socket with a cut off 10mm allen wrench.

Unless I go out and get an impact wrench that generates like 600 ftlbs of torque, it's not going to break these bolts loose. It's like taking off the crank pulley (which needed my breaker bar plus the jack handle).