i have a 94 integra and i need help setting the timing. my cams are off a tooth and i want to know how to realign the cams and reset the timing.

 

To do this you'll have to jack up the front of the car. If you remove the lower timing belt cover it will be easier to turn and time the crank, but doing so is not necessary.

1) Remove the driver side upper engine mount (remove the two nuts first, then remove the large horizontal bolt). You may want to place a jack beneath the engine to lower the risk of tearing the lower mounts.

2) Remove the valve cover (eight nuts or so) and the upper timing belt cover (two bolts). To get the valve cover off you'll also have to unplug the spark plug wires and take the wire brackets off of the valve cover.

3) Rotate the crank to TDC using a 19 mm socket (if you have the lower timing belt cover and LF wheel off) or by placing the car in gear and turning a front wheel by hand.

4) Look for a rubber seal about the size of a quarter midway up on the timing belt cover and remove it.

5) Using a 14 mm socket loosen the (timing belt tensioner) bolt behind the seal.

6) Carefully slide the timing belt off of the cam pulleys. This is easier if you work it out a little on the other pulleys also.

7) Set the cam pulleys to the correct positions using a 14 mm socket.

8) Carefully slide the timing belt back onto the cam pulleys.

IMPORTANT: double and triple check the timing is now set correctly on both cam and crank pulleys.

9) Re-tension the timing belt by snugging the tensioner bolt. Then rotate the crank CCW 3 full rotations or more and return it to TDC. Rotate CCW three cam gear teeth then torque the tensioner to 40 ft-lbs.

IMPORTANT: double and triple check again that the timing is correctly set on both cam and crank pulleys. It is very easy for the belt to slip during tensioning and you would never know without a visual inspection.

10) Re-install everything you removed.

 

if your timing is not off that much, you don't have to re-do the whole timing belt!

Use a timing kit..read the instructions on how to hook it up and check.
have someone watch the dot while you unscrew the 3-bolts for the distributor..(there is a moveable guide for the bolts so you don't have to take them all the way off in order to change the timing)
move the whole distributor... slowly!!...and your friend should report the dot either coming back into correct timing or moving away.
if its moving away, just pull the distributor back the other way.

p.s. if you did do the timing belt yourself and know that you moved the crank off top dead center..you will have to do this guys lengthy procedure above my post.

good luck.