I'm working an 87 Accord.

When I removed the outer belt guide ring from the crankshaft sprocket, I forgot to note how this belt guide supposed to face and the manual I have is confusing. Is the concave-up side(the bump side) suppose to face toward u(face outward)?
Hope I got that right cause the bolt is somewhat tightened and the mark is perfect after 10 spins or so testing.

Another question is tightening the crankshaft bolt, the manual said to jam the flywheel/bell housing when u remove the bolt. So tightening it should be the same. I removed the bolt over a year ago. I don't remember how except that impact wrench took it right off. So now to tighten it, the problem is the only timing mark for the crankshaft is right @ the bell housing(mine is automatic tranny). How do I do it without affecting this mark. If I jam something there and use impact wrench to tighten to 83 ftlbs as required, will this much torque cause that mark to move, thus inaccurate timing mark? Or with impact wrench there's no need to hold anything still?


I also dropped the belt tensioner. One end of the spring is hooked to the tensioner pulley and the other end is hooked to a tiny pole. There seem to be no groove or anything on this tiny pole to keep the hook in place(I'll double check with a more powerful light), could I also drop some kind of cap, or anything that lock this hook on the tiny pole or is that how it supposed to be...the tension of the spring is enough to hold the hook to the pole n will never fall off til the next belt change....for another 150000 mi?

I hope that don't bother u too much
Thanks a lot man
Kobe

 

Typically the belt guides are like this ---> ) belt (

The crank pulley is keyed to the crank, so you dont have to worry about the pulley's relationship to the crank changing, it wont change even without a bolt. You can tighten with an impact, just dont lay into it and dont use an impact with a huge torque rating, or else getting it off in the future can be difficult. How about this, put the car in gear, have someone step on the brake pedal, then tighten with a torque wrench.

Hopefully that answered some of your questions.

 

Dont use an impact wrench, honda gives you torque specs for a reason. There is a special tool that helps hold the crankshaft from rotating it while you tighten the pulley bolt.

 

Thank you for the help.(^_^)