94EG8

I get the theory here, but it seems like more trouble than it's worth. I imagine it's rather difficult to cut the belt that way.

The biggest mistake people make when doing timing belts is trying to take up the slack on the front side.

v8killaz

and i cant cut the timing belts in half i use them to make my belt. seriosuly

94eg!

iTrader: (2)

I think it would take WAY more time to cut the belt down the middle (which sounds next to impossible BTW), than it would to simply line up all marks and slip a new belt on. Either way you still need to spin the motor around by hand afterward to double check all marks still line up.

Good effort though...

zdizzle

cover,pulley,tentioner u did all the hard work all ready

darkcivic90

LOL...FIR THING IF YOU REPLACE T-BELT YOU NEED TO REPLACE WATER PUMP AND TENSIONER IS YOUR TEACHER TOLD THAT TO YOU OR NOT??THIS POST IS MAKE SINCE BUT WHY WOULD I/YOU DO THAT IF I/YOU CAN DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND EASIER AND NO CONFUSING....I CAN REPLACE T-BELT IN LESS THAN HOUR THAN WASTING TIME TO CUT THE BELT IN HALF...

98civdx

Turn the caps off, and learn to type in a manner that is read easily. Then, you can brag about how you can do a timing belt in 1 hour. Which for some reason I think you aren't telling the truth.

Wrona

Nerd rage much? the kid was giving a suggestion on how you can do your timing belt jesus... dude go back to school or something because i had to reread what you said many times to actually understand it...

N/A

He is right tho, if your gonna do it, do it right. It is recommended to change the belt, pump, and tensioner all at once

whityeh2

i just changed the t-belt on my car and cutting it seems to make it more difficult if u dont know what ur doing

fabioso

x2 if you get that far then you'll be ok lining up the cams. ONe thing I love about hondas is they are easy to work on compared to my older corolla.

N/A

Do u guys not know honda makes pins to lock the cams in place?

NotAJDMFanBoy

Is there a way to lock the crank at TDC? Is there pins for the SOHC heads? Or is that just for DOHC?

It's not hard to see that the cam is in the right position, but the crank is a little harder since the mark on the pulley is pretty faint and the mark on the oil pump is usually covered by dirt.

I guess a good tip for people would be to power wash or at least hose down their engine and engine bay after using degreaser on it. A clean engine is so much nicer to work on.

N/A

U s,houldn't have that much dirt in there,
Even if a lil carb cleaner will clear it up.

that_boy_sammy

Haha nice man why didn't i think of that. Instead of cutting your belt in half and breaking it(like stretching a rubber band and breaking it) he cut it in half the other way like tearing a piece of string cheese from top to bottom. Now that the belt is cut that way he left the side thats closer to the motor on and took the other half off, put the new one and cut the last bit of the old one off.

TypeRMOBBiN209

this is actually a good idea..im gonna try it next time! i can't do timing for ****

98civdx

No one siad he was wrong.

Any one with half a brain cell can search and figure that out.

NotAJDMFanBoy

Sure, that works. Either way, having it all clean would make it easier.

N/A

Then y u guys giving him ****?? All over some capital letters? Lol

98civdx

He can't even freaking spell! if you want to be taking serous learn spell, and type like someone who has half a damn brain cell.
Another reason is, timing belt in a hour?

The caps doesn't really bug me, it's the fact it took me 3 try's just to guess what he is trying to say.

Robert2011

Thanks for the post! I'm no rocket scientist, but it made since to me. I'm going to give it a try.

DaveMarx

I couldnt help but join the forum after reading this. Good idea.. but so overly time consuming. Clamps. Just use clamps. It's far too easy a job to go through all this... and you should change the pump and rollers... always.

hwyix

iTrader: (1)

I prefer to mark the old belt (crank, cams). Count how many teeth then mark the new belt. That is how toyota does it.