willowcairns

Well after determining that my timing belt is too tight on my d16y8, i went through the process of adjusting the tension from what the manual says to do. After i tightened the adjusting bolt i thought i was all set but now it is way too loose and when i crank it the right side becomes loose and the right side becomes tight. When i crank it again the left side becomes loose and the right side becomes tight. I went through the process again and it still does that. When i push on the right side i can see the spring moving. Can some one please help on what to do? Also is there any way to fix this with out removing the bottom cover, i already have the top cover off.

jdmh22eg2

nope best way is to take lower cover off and loosen the tentioner bolt and then rotate the motor till u get even slack in both side of belt lightly snug up tentioner bolt and the take a RUBBER hammer (small) and tap the tentioner in good and tight and then tighten bolt rest of the way and trun motor around by hand(socket) and adjust as needed

lostforawhile

you don't have a pop out cover over the adjuster bolt? i didn't even know there was one on the d in the 98 until i cleaned up the cover for paint. it looked like part of the cover but it pops out to adjust the bolt.

jdmh22eg2

no u dont have to take cover off to get to the bolt but how are u goin to PROPERLY adjust the tentioner itself with out cover off

lostforawhile

all you have to do is loosen the bolt, rotate the engine a few time COUNTER CLOCKWISE and retighten the bolt to the proper torque. the spring is supposed to initially set the tension, but the adjuster bolt locks the adjuster pulley in place. you are talking about the adjuster with the bolt that goes through the center right? the spring doesn't do anything once it's set, the adjuster bolt locks the bearing in the middle of the pulley. it can slide up and down on that slot, but once you tighten it it's locked in place. the hole is to adjust the tension midway through the life of the belt.

jdmh22eg2

^ yes u can do it that way but everyone has there own way of doin things i just like my way sometimes for what ever reason ^^ ur way does not always take ALL the tension out

apexi_rsx

hopefully the tensioner isn't shot. thats a hell of alot of slack to adjust.

lostforawhile

I'm following the factory procedure, if setting the timing that way is what Honda says to do, whats the problem with it? there is supposed to be a certain amount of slack on one side, that's normal. I hope the tensioner was replaced when he replaced the belt, I always order a new spring too.

willowcairns

I didn't get a new tensioner, i wasn't aware that was supposed to be changed, so i need a new tensioner since it does not adjust using the factory procedure. But i got all the slack out and it runs now.

lostforawhile

I'm trying to figure out what could be wrong with the existing tensioner,. the only thing that could fail on it, is the bearing or spring. when you changed the belt, did you accidentally knock off the spring? all that happens, is when you loosen the adjusting bolt, the spring pulls up on the arm, and this puts tension on the belt by it moving up where the belt goes over it. the tensioner is extremely simple, the bolt goes through the center of it, through a slot, one end is hooked on a pivot pin on the block, the other end is hooked to the spring, with no tension on the bolt, the spring pulls the tensioner up on the slot, this tensions the belt, when you torque the adjusting bolt,it locks the tensioner pulley in that position on the slot. there isn't much that would make it not adjust other then that spring being off, the tensioner being off the pivot, or the spring broke.

lostforawhile

the reason you always replace the tensioner, is if the bearing seizes, it will chew through the timing belt in no time, and then it's good bye engine. you can get them in a kit, I always use gates, rock auto has the kit really reasonable. did you replace the crank pulley bolt? Honda has a new bolt and tighting procedure