here's the story.. i have to change all 4 mounts on my accord..my t-belt is due.. it is woth taking out the engine to do since i have to change all 4 mounts?

second question... gatorback (goodyear) is supposed to be a pretty good brand. they are allot cheaper than the dealer think i should go with those?

3rd question...is the belt from the dealer actually made by honda? for example if you buy a starter from a dealer i they sell a DENSO.....

thanks in advance guys..lookign to do this job this weekend

 

if you really want to take the engine out go for it, but i havent ever see it worhwhile to take the axles out, disconnect electrical, fuel lines etc jsut to do mounts and a timing belt. it would add quite a bit of work though the rear mount is a bitch to do with the engine in the car.

goodyear gatorbacks are decent wet perofrmance tires. i think they used to use them a lot for race cars on wet tracks.

not sure who makes the belts for honda, but honda makes very few parts of their own (just like every car manufacturer), Most parts are made by someone else ot Honda specs.

 

Ok here we go:

1: You don't need to take out the engine. Thats a lot of extra work. You can do all the mounts with the engine still in the car.

2: As for belt. I would only use a Honda belt. Its made by Gates. I wouldnt trust a goodyear belt on my lawn mower.

And that denso starter your talking about is kind of a honda. Denso is owend by honda.

 

if you look just about everything is made by denso on a honda car

 

per recent experience, replace the tensioner along with the timing belt

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by THEROPE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you look just about everything is made by denso on a honda car</TD></TR></TABLE>
denso, toyo, and stanely and that one company that sounds like mitsubishi but isn't... mitsusoyo or something, I completely forget now.

 

I like gaterback belts, they are the only ones I've seen that have a copper core versus polyester which can wear out and break, but that's just me. That and I know people that work for Goodyear and get me the hookup...free tensioner too! Definitely leave the engine in there man. You'll have to block it up but you'll realize what a crazy idea that was when you get in there!

 

free tensioner!!!!...where can i get that hook up? i thought about it and i decided that i will be leaving the motor in. where is a good place to buy one (besides the obvious..dealer) ?

 

just my 2 cents. if you are going change the timing belt, change the water pump as well if it hasn't been done. you'll wish you had if you have to take the engine out again for the water pump when you could have done it when you changed the belt.

 

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I agree with you on this. while you are in there you might as well do the water pump because it is a good preventative maintenance and it is worth it in the long run.

 

i know people that work at the goodyear plant in Lincoln, NE...but I don't live there anymore

and if you take the engine out to change the water pump you are a moron!

 

Hmm how polite. He spoke noting of a water pump. I brung up the fact that if he takes out the engine period, don't just do the mounts and the timing belt. Make sure the water pump is included in the process.

 

the way you worded it made it sound like you'd take the engine out to do the waterpump...and regardless if you do a timing belt job change the water pump

 

dudes....i had already bought the water pump ..there was no question about that... btw ..the engine is staying in... i got a good deal on a tensioner set yesterday so those are being changed as well