timing belt
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the new guy
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timing belt
i am replacing my timing belt on my 99 LS Teg. As far as I know, i need to replace the belt as well as the water pump and seals, cam seals, and timing cover seal. Anything im missing? ANY advice would be awesome.
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the new guy
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i know its going to be a battle, but my dad's a mechanic, so he's got the tools i need and the experience to help me out... he wont do it for me though... but i dont want him to anyway.
Still Water
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I noticed you didn't list a new timing belt tensioner/return spring, may want to replace that.. if it seizes on you, good bye belt.
Advice:
1. Take your time tensioning the belt and making sure the marks are perrrfecto. I know alot of times it's the home stretch and you wanna just finish but it's important (as i'm sure you know).
2. it's a 19mm bolt, don't use a standard socket (i've seen this before, strip that CS bolt and you're done).
3. Make sure you get a good feel at what the Timing belt slack feels like. So when you put it on, you'll have a feel for how tight / loose it should be. Some guys have put it on too loose and it's skipped teeths.
4. Don't do any work until you get that Crank pulley off, you may need to drive it to a shop and have them hit it w/ their impact gun. May the Honda gods be with you upon your glorious battle Vs the Cs bolt. (I bought an oem pulley holder, Best $40 ever if you work on hondas).
5. My last advice is, if your forcing somthing... it's probably not right.
Advice:
1. Take your time tensioning the belt and making sure the marks are perrrfecto. I know alot of times it's the home stretch and you wanna just finish but it's important (as i'm sure you know).
2. it's a 19mm bolt, don't use a standard socket (i've seen this before, strip that CS bolt and you're done).
3. Make sure you get a good feel at what the Timing belt slack feels like. So when you put it on, you'll have a feel for how tight / loose it should be. Some guys have put it on too loose and it's skipped teeths.
4. Don't do any work until you get that Crank pulley off, you may need to drive it to a shop and have them hit it w/ their impact gun. May the Honda gods be with you upon your glorious battle Vs the Cs bolt. (I bought an oem pulley holder, Best $40 ever if you work on hondas).
5. My last advice is, if your forcing somthing... it's probably not right.
Last edited by FooD2000; Apr 3, 2007 at 09:39 PM.
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best way to ensure that you do this correctly is to follow the tensioning procedure exactly as described in the helms manual..
Stupid Power Ball
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I noticed you didn't list a new timing belt tensioner/return spring, may want to replace that.. if it seizes on you, good bye belt.
Advice:
1. Take your time tensioning the belt and making sure the marks are perrrfecto. I know alot of times it's the home stretch and you wanna just finish but it's important (as i'm sure you know).
2. it's a 19mm bolt, don't use a standard socket (i've seen this before, strip that CS bolt and you're done).
3. Make sure you get a good feel at what the Timing belt slack feels like. So when you put it on, you'll have a feel for how tight / loose it should be. Some guys have put it on too loose and it's skipped teeths.
4. Don't do any work until you get that Crank pulley off, you may need to drive it to a shop and have them hit it w/ their impact gun. May the Honda gods be with you upon your glorious battle Vs the Cs bolt. (I bought an oem pulley holder, Best $40 ever if you work on hondas).
5. My last advice is, if your forcing somthing... it's probably not right.
Advice:
1. Take your time tensioning the belt and making sure the marks are perrrfecto. I know alot of times it's the home stretch and you wanna just finish but it's important (as i'm sure you know).
2. it's a 19mm bolt, don't use a standard socket (i've seen this before, strip that CS bolt and you're done).
3. Make sure you get a good feel at what the Timing belt slack feels like. So when you put it on, you'll have a feel for how tight / loose it should be. Some guys have put it on too loose and it's skipped teeths.
4. Don't do any work until you get that Crank pulley off, you may need to drive it to a shop and have them hit it w/ their impact gun. May the Honda gods be with you upon your glorious battle Vs the Cs bolt. (I bought an oem pulley holder, Best $40 ever if you work on hondas).
5. My last advice is, if your forcing somthing... it's probably not right.