Bernalx713

Can anyone tell me how to set up my timing belt after taking the head off I spinned crank multiple times trying to loosen that famous crankpulley bolt now I don't know in what position the Pistons should be in to install new timing belt everything was pretty much spinned after being replace balance cam water pump n oil pump, do I just find the marks on side of pulleys and install new belt or is there a procedure I have to follow please help that's all that's holding me back from getting it back on da road please help honda family

F22Master

...and this is why you use the proper service manual to do complicated work.

m4xwellmurd3r

Before you put the head on spin the crank to tdc cylinder 1. Then drop the head on, torque it down. Install the cams at tdc cylinder 1 (timing marks lined up) it wont be perfect but theyll be close. There are 2 holes to lock the cams at tdc on the number 1 cam caps.

Go download a factory service manual or a haynes/chiltons manual. If you dont know what youre doing, figure out how to do it before you start


I hope you didnt spin the crank with no timing belt and the cams installed. If you did you probably ruined your valves

soaringchimp

There are 3 timing marks close together and one kinda all out on its own on the crank pulley. Line up the one all by itself with the timing mark on the inner timing cover.

Roll the cams until the up arrow is up on both cam gear, and the hash marks on the sides of the cam gears point at one another, and are parallel with the head.

Install the belt, up over the exhaust gear, then back over the intake gear. (This is backwards from what some recommend, but I like it better). Roll the crank pulley forward until you take the slack out of the front of the belt and the top between the gears. Let the tensioner take up the slack, pull up on it very gently to help if your spring is old/tired and tighten it back down.

/Beer

Bernalx713

Thanks guys will definitely start tomorrow, for some reason I figured leaving cylinders at tdc would be the safest option so that's what I did now lining it up and I'll drop timing belt thanks guys

whitesihatch

like others said put the crank at TDC cylinder 1 up. Put the head on, your cams gear have an "UP" mark. Then there should be two dashes facing each other. It takes a few tries to get the belt on, then tighten the tensioner.

Bernalx713

Does it work the same for SOHC/DOHC