Needless to say I'm slightly irritated especially since this last one required a 60 mile tow with weekend fares :D


So in researching why this part breaks so often... I came up with that if you have an upgraded valve train/springs, then the stock h22 tensioner becomes faulty and breaks.

The thread I found is as follows ::https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/h23-timing-belt-tensionser-conversion-199135/

Now, that thread was made some time ago.. so this is simple me trying to inquire an answer on if Honda corrected this issue and improved the faulty produce, OR if converting to the H23 manual tensioner is the way to go?

any suggestions?

Thank you in advance :D

 

Honda has corrected the issue, but that goes out the window for anything beyond stock cams. Go to the manual tensioner.

 

manual tensioner is a much easier setup to work with than the auto.

 

Ok so that means convert it to the H23 manual correct?

Takin this from the link I posted originally.. are these the parts I will need?


13404-PT0-004 - ADJUSTER COMP., BALANCER BELT
13415-PT0-000 - BRACKET, BALANCER BELT ADJUSTER
14510-PT0-004 - ADJUSTER COMP., TIMING BELT
14516-PT2-000 - SPRING COMP., TIMING BELT ADJUSTER
14521-P14-A00 - PLATE, ADJUSTER
90014-P14-A00 - BOLT, TIMING BELT ADJUSTER BASE
90015-PT0-000 - BOLT, TIMING BELT ADJUSTER SPRING
90016-PT0-000 - BOLT, TIMING BELT ADJUSTER
90140-P14-A00 - WASHER, PLAIN (11MM

Anything additional or obsolete?

Thank you :D

 

Importrp.com sells those oem parts as a 'kit' which turns out to be far less expensive than buying them separately, even compared to Majestic's prices.

 

Thanks much :D

I'll be ordering that ASAP

 

its on special right now for $89 I dont need this but im buying it anyway

 

Anybody with an auto tensioner, stock or not, should change it, IMO

 

Im getting ready to swap mine out in about anoth
er 10k.......Ive only got 50k on my motor,and its only been 25-30k since my timing belt was replaced last time......i wanna get some of my moneys worth,lol....but when I do,im definately doing the auto to manual conversion.

 

tweakintheco, go to coprelude.net, and ask the guys there about it too. At least one guy should be close enough to help you with the swap if you have any issues. I would if I still lived there, but I'm 1300 miles away now.