ok im on to putting the timing belt on my h23vtec. I have the manual tensioner on there and have it loosened all the way. Im having trouble getting the timing belt on. I have a helms manual and it shows a timing belt slider tool. Is this tool necassary to get the timing belt on? I called and they wanted $110 for the tool. I cant see spendin that much on a tool that im gonna use only once. If so anyone have one they wanna sell?

 

put it over the cam gears first, around the water pump, over the tensioner, then onto the crank gear. thats the easiest way i found to do it.
its easier if you have another person holding it on the cam gears to make sure it doesnt slip off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by esedulerp5tenin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">put it over the cam gears first, around the water pump, over the tensioner, then onto the crank gear. thats the easiest way i found to do it.
its easier if you have another person holding it on the cam gears to make sure it doesnt slip off.</TD></TR></TABLE> Yep, I had my mother hold the cams steady(very nice of her).

 

so put it on the intake cam first?....after i get it on the waterpump and around the crank gear it should be pretty easy to get it on the exhaust cam?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tmrtwo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so put it on the intake cam first?....after i get it on the waterpump and around the crank gear it should be pretty easy to get it on the exhaust cam?</TD></TR></TABLE>

come on buddy...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by esedulerp5tenin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">put it over the cam gears first, around the water pump, over the tensioner, then onto the crank gear. thats the easiest way i found to do it.
its easier if you have another person holding it on the cam gears to make sure it doesnt slip off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SteveoBA8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Yep, I had my mother hold the cams steady(very nice of her).</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha thats awesome!

 

yea....kinda sux tho i bought the balancer shaft eliminator kit and put that balance shaft eliminator spacer in there and the key and havin a hard time gettin that sh*t off. Making it difficult to go around the crank gear last

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tmrtwo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea....kinda sux tho i bought the balancer shaft eliminator kit and put that balance shaft eliminator spacer in there and the key and havin a hard time gettin that sh*t off. Making it difficult to go around the crank gear last</TD></TR></TABLE>


the balancer shaft belt is completely seperate from the timing belt, that shouldn't really affect it at all.

to clarify a lil more, put the t.belt over BOTH cam gears, have someone hold the free end that goes over the exhaust cam (even tho its not gonna move) then you take the free end that goes over the intake cam, pull it TIGHT, around the water pump, always keeping tension on it, over tensioner, still pulling tight, around the crankshaft. it'll be a lil bit of a PITA to line the humps up w/ the gear, but it should line itself up eventually

 

put ur back into it laddy!


or i guess you could put your mom's too (and no that wasn't a "your momma" joke lol) as stated above by steveoba8