help having problem puttin on timing belt?
 

help im having a hard time puting on my timing belt on my 1995 prelude vtec and can some one -plaese show me somes on how its suppose to be done?

when you say putting it on, what do you mean?

Basically, for some input if you put the timing belt slightly on the intake camgear and then try to get it to fit on the exhaust cam gear.

The most important thing of course is to make sure that both cams are exactly TDC. I mean even 1 tooth make a big difference. You will need a second set of hands to do it properly.

Hope I helped

and what do you have done to your lude?

I clicked the link in your sig-- Your'e joking about beating a S13 right?

Re: (irishpilot)
 

yeah i can beat s13

are you FI?

Because NA, I would say I doubt it?

Re: (irishpilot)
 

na lol dude their not that fast

Re: (superjunprelude)
 

i could keep up with a modified evo

Re: (superjunprelude)
 

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hahahaha...i smell bullshit. you are tellling me that your prelude can keep up with a car that is capable of running high 12's?

Re: (anothersickhatch)
 

my buddy had a friend with a 97 240 with and s14 motor and it was alllllllll stock, and he beat z06 vettes at the track i think his best time was 12.4 with 1 wheel drive , hitting boost cut twice, smoking off the line, and missing 3rd gear, it was all of a mid 11 sec car, so i highly doubt it post a vid or something to prove it

Re: (98 blacksh)
 

aite
i will let me get the vids from my friend aite then https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: (98 blacksh)
 

dude s14 runs like 14.9-15.0 in japan stock good watch the best motoring vid https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: help having problem puttin on timing belt? (superjunprelude)
 

There's a lot of steps to change out the belt, too many to post here. Lining up the crank and cams is the most important to get right. Suggest getting a Helms or even a Chilton's to help explain everything. While you're in there, you might consider changing out your water pump if the engine has a lot of miles on it. Save some labor in the future.

Re: help having problem puttin on timing belt? (wannabe)
 

i just did the timing belt and water pump. first, you have to turn your motor so that cylinder no. 1 is at tdc (to check this, take out the spark plug in cyl 1, the one closest to the driver side in the US, stick your oil dipstick in the cyl and see when the dipstick is at it's highest. Next, you need to line up your camshafts. there are arrows pointing up on the spokes of the cam gear, make sure those are pointed up. there are notches on the inside of the gears, they should line up exactly with one another. there are also notches on one spoke on the outside of the gears that line up with the head. once you get all those done, you have to make sure they don't move and put on the belt. The water pump does not need to be lined up.

the balancer shafts are different, they're on a different belt. there is a line on the gear of the left balancer shaft that needs to line up with a notch on the oil pump (this notch on the body of the oil pump is on the left (exhaust) side of the engine). the right balancer shaft needs to be lined up different. there is a bolt on the right side (intake side) of the block, remove is, this is the service hole. stick something long and skinny in there and spin the right balancer shaft slowly until the long skinny thing locks the gear. The right balancer is now lined up. (keep in mind the number one cylinder has to be at tdc on it's compression stroke again.) throw the belt on.

one more thing, convert to manual (h23) tensioner, the h22 auto tensioners tend to fail and when it does, all your hard work with the timing and stuff is good for nothing.

You don't need 2 people to do a timing belt, i did my just fine alone. A service manual is a fine investment.