I've got everything in time and every thing looks good, BUT I can not get the tensioner back compressed to get it back in under the tensioner roller please please help.

 

somebody???? Come on guys I know someone has changed their timing belt before.LOL

 

Put it in a vice between two peices of wood, or some form of material that is softer than the tensioner and wrap a good size zip tie around it before compressing. Once it's compressed then tighten the tie...

 

you're in luck, I just did my timing belt a few days ago. anyways, you need to take off the maintenece bolt(8mm bolt) off the bottom of the auto-tensioner. look inside and you'll see that you need a flat head screw driver to turn the bolt inside. once you turn it, it'll compress. and as what MackDad said, use a zip tie to hold it down until you bolt it back onto the block or go buy the stopper from honda.

 

YEAH U CANT COMPRESS IT AGAIN I JUST DID MINE N U HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE OR YOUR TIMING BELT WILL BE WAY TO TIME AND EVENTUALLY SNAP THEN U R SCREWED

 

WAY TO TIGHT* SORRY

 

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actually you CAN compress it. I just did my timing belt a few days ago. re-read my post before yours and you'll get what I mean.

 

you can compress it by undoing the screw on the bottom and turning the screw inside, it should compress

i would not reuse that tensioner, i have seen alot of autotensioners fail because they reused

i might suggest doing the h23 manual tensioner conversion

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PrettyLude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can compress it by undoing the screw on the bottom and turning the screw inside, it should compress

i would not reuse that tensioner, i have seen alot of autotensioners fail because they reused

i might suggest doing the h23 manual tensioner conversion</TD></TR></TABLE>

One of mine broke when turning the screw inside the tensioner, all the hydraulic fluid leaked out. I bought another one, and when I was doing my timing belt again, I had to re-compress it. This time nothing leaked out, and it looked like it was working. It gave out about a week later. I highly recomment the manual tensioner conversion.

 

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sorry to hear that man

 

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sorry to hear that man</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's no big deal, my motor survived. I just recommend the manual tensioner because the auto tensioner is known to fail, and when your timing belt goes, its a 50 - 50 shot your motor will be fucked.

 

did u bend any valves

 

nope, i got lucky. it came off at about 2500 rpm's. I'm just glad it didn't come off at 7k. IMO the auto tensioner is a piece of ****. Do the conversion, you'll be happy you did.

 

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP GUYS!!!