I'm having problems getting my timing belt back on after changing out the block on my b16. i'm running my b16a head on an a2 block with the timing belt i changed when i swaped in the enigne last summer. I've tried everything i know. I started at the crack pulley to the tensioner, water pump pulley, intake cam, exhaust cam and even vise versa. I've searched and found the samethings i already know I need some help. was there a change in from the b16a block to the b16a2 block? do I have the right belt?

i dont want to try and force it one and mess up my timing or the belt.

 

Did you loosen the tensioner? The blocks and heads are all the same as far as the timing belt goes.

 

Yeah, make sure the tensioner is loose and moves back and forth freely....could be stuck down.

 

yup, loose as an asian hooker

 

do they get that loose? I mean, if they are only dealing with asians?

edit: thought he said it was a new belt and thought it might be shorter...reading owns me

 

ok

#1 I have only one belt

#2 how is counting teeth helping me get my timing belt on?

I dont cam timing is the problem i'm at tdc the belt just doesnt seem to fit on, but it is the same belt that came off when i started this whole thing

 

sorry dude, edited my post above. thought you bought a new belt and it may be a few teeth short. my bad man...sory bout that

 

anyone else have any ideas? i double checked with Honda to make sure I have the right belt and that's good. anyone have a super secret ninja technique for putting the belt back on.

 

Stop being a tard and put the belt on. That is my nindo, my ninja way.

Seriously, is the motor in the car or out of the car? Are you sure the belt is all the way on the "crack" (as you called it) gear?

It is something you are doing wrong because the belt, especially used, should go on without much effort.

The belt goes under the "crack" gear with the teeth facing the gear, then up and around the tensioner with the flat back side facing the tensioner pulley, then straight to and around the water pump with the teeth facing the water pump pulley, then straight up to the intake came with the teeth facing the camshaft gear (up and over the gear), then straight across to the exhaust gear with the teeth facing the camshaft gear, then if you did this correctly it should go down back to the "crack" gear where as stated before, teeth facing the "crack" gear.

HOLY RUN-ON BATMAN!

Typically I find it easier to do it in reverse order but that is just me, always start at the crank gear then spread out from there.

It IS something you are doing wrong; timing belts are just not a big deal.