CvexH22

i have one of those auto tensioner thing and i cant squeeze it down to get the belt in. Please I need to finish this today..THanks guys

Newman

Buy a new one. When the tensioner doesn't compress, then it's old and wore out and you need to replace it. Either that or make a tool that'll compress it enough for you to get the belt in & out of there.

Vexamus

Make sure you loosen the lock down bolt on the tensioner.

2trix

heres what i did on mine:

take out tensioner! big!

clap in a bench mount vice (make your own rules here)

take off service screw and put screwdriver in...then compress, all that jazz.

heres how i got it to stay!

zip tie! zip ties are mans best friend!

it took a couple tries and you hafta be gentle, but it was that or custom fab a tool that i will need only once maybe 2x in my whole life...

GRTechnologies

sounds good, but that part fails all the time I would bite the bullet and buy a new 1 it comes with the tool also

rathead

there is a tool from honda to hold the tensioner, when compressed. first you take off the tensioner. take off the little 8mm bolt. inside youll see a little screw looking device, use a little flathead screw driver, to pull the tensioner down and use the honda tool to hold it in place, put the tensioner back in place(with the tool still on) line up tdc and pull the tool off. then its like magic, self tensions. follow you manual for correct belt slack. the tool only costed me 10.00 at honda

FULLTHROTTLE

WRONG! ^^^

Those tensioners hardly ever fail but buying a new one with the tool is not the worst thing you could do.

HYBRIDJDM WAGON

those ****** **** fails llt he time., unlessyur driving a hybird and neve get it past 5k rpm. i tae it to 9k rpm every gear but also my head and block is milled, gives it slack. i went thru 8auto tensioner and 3 timng belt and finally did the h23 auto tensioner conversion and now it pulls harder and never breaks...warning!! ont use f22a timmingbelt puley!!! arning again read., its 1/4 thiner then the h23 or the f22a blance shaft pulley, it wil lock up your timmingand burn up.... anywayi havent broen crap since hen bt u gotta also custom grd crap to ake it fit well...2point6 helped me out, thanks to him i got the partswhat i was lookign for... its god to help and learn from others... btw honda has recalls on h22a auto tensioner... all hey did i made it stffer and chaznge the part number... it broke 3 weeks later!

FULLTHROTTLE

speak English. Please. As far as I know there is no recall on the tensioner. I have worked for Honda for over 12 years. I have built some seriously hard driving H22s in my life and not one of them has failed due to a tensioner problem. if you are eating up tensioners and belts that fast you are doing something wrong my friend.