First Post/New Car/Timing belt change.....
This is my first post on the forum. I just recently (a week ago) purchased a 98 Teg GSR from San Jose and drove it back to my home in UT. It just turned 99K miles and I need to change the timing belt. I have a scheduled appointment with the dealership for Monday, but figured I may as well give it a shot myself over the weekend. They want $600 + to do the job. so I went and purchased the belt and waterpump from Acura and got some torque wrenches from HF (Pittsburg brand..hope they'll do the job). Anyways, I have a DIY from team-integra.net and printouts from a manual to help me out. It all seems pretty straight forward except for the crank bolt. I've read many horror stories regarding this bolt and am quite anxious to find out if mine is gonna be a bitch or not. The car spent it's entire life in CA, so I'm hoping that its not too rusty down there. Since this seems to be the biggest problem I could potentially face, I was thinking that it would be a good idea to try and break the bolt before dissassembling anything else in case I have to take it to a shop for help. Good idea? I could do this without jacking the car up and through the hole in the splash guard correct?
If there is any suggestions that you all could give me please feel free. Sorry for the lengthy post, just wanted to introduce myself to the board. Wish me luck!!!
BTW...I'm a little concerned about the crank pulley key. I'm not sure what it looks like or how it functions. It will be removed along with the pulley correct? Can somebody explain this a bit?
(That's strange...my profile states that i've posted 14 times..news to me)
Last edited by pinealean; Jul 6, 2006 at 03:07 PM.