^^^look above^^^

 

damn i soppose to change it at 60k oh well thanks for the help bro

 

dont attempt a timing belt change yourself

 

how mch are the timign belt changes

 

folks check you owner's manual. Tradition states you should change it at 60,000 miles. For a mildly driven car you can hold out till 90,000. I beat on my car so i changed it at 65,000.

MAke sure you change the water pump too when you do it so you can save on labor expense and if you have a 5th gen and did not get the balancer shaft seal clipped (recall)youre in luck because the dealer will clip your seal and only charge you about $300 to do your timing belt and water pump instead of the usual $6-700.
this is becsue the clip is a recall and involves the same labor as a timing belt. If the dealer says no, fight for it. tell him you know this for a fact, many of others here have gotten this benefit of the recall.

noel

 

umm yeah i changed my oil every 3500 miles using mobil 1 5-30 with a genuine JDM oil filter :naughty: but ive heard someone told me to changed the timing belt at 70K oh well i better tell my dad to pay for it

 

Just find a reputable import shop in your area that can do the work for you. Honda wanted to charge me some figure like 600 bucks to change the water pump and timing belt. I only paid a little over 300 bucks here at SRD in AZ... great people!

 

The balancer shaft seal clip includes all 94-96 accords, and odessy. Anything with an F22 in that period as well as many 97 models too.

noel

 

Alright, you guys have sparked my interest. I am a Jeep guy by nature. I just bought an 89 Honda Accord for a thousand bucks. It is loaded with all the bells and whistles and still in pretty good condition. I bought the car to let the Jeep TJ rest in the garage for the 60 mile trip to work and back. It has 109K miles on it and I need to change the timing belt.

I am a fairly good mechanic after a beer or two. I change out engines, transmissions, and transfer cases in my Jeep all the time. How hard can a timing belt be? Someone mentioned taking out the engine? Lol... Hell no. I see no reason why you couldn't just take off the power steering pump and move it out of the way. After you move a few doodads you should be able to get to the crankshaft and camshaft with no problems. Take off old belt and put on the new belt. Then just take a timing light and take the plug out of the bell housing. Rotate the distrubtor a notch or two and be on your way. Is there something fundamentally wrong with my thinking here? Some of you guys have either never changed a timing belt and adjusted the timing, or I am in for more work than I have planned.

Then again, Jeepers are a different breed of auto owners. If it's broke we can take out a Swiss Army knife and intsall a new engine. They are easy to work on. Honda's are not shade tree friendly.

I have already adjusted the valves and made the engine run and sound better. If you guys want a write-up on how to do it just leave a post and I will give you some instructs and a few pictures.

 

I waited till 86000 miles before doing my timing belt change...but then again, i don't drive my car like a friggin maniac.