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Hey Ed!
With the shop manual and the tips found here, I could not believe how easy this was! Cost was $45 delivered for the belts from RockAuto.com and $2.50 for the dipstick o-ring from the local mower shop since Honda uses the same o-ring on their mower dipsticks and I wasn't paying the dealer $12 for it.
Took about 6.5 hrs. Book time is 7 and the techs normally do it in 5-6. Vehicle has 31k on it so all I did was change the 3 belts and inspect the tensioners, idler and water pump which were all fine. I used all Gates belts since I recall reading here that Gates is the OEM timing belt manufacturer. T286 timing belt, K040438 P/S & K060458 A/C. Original P/S belt was a Mitsuboshi, A/C hose was a Bando and I could still see the Gates logo on the original timing belt.
A few extra tips...take the entire engine mount out as one unit. That is after unbolting the P/S pump and disconnecting the hose to the reservoir (at the pump NOT the reservoir), remove the 2 bolts attached to the engine and 3 bolts attached to the body.
I spent all of 10 min trying to get a good position to use the crank tool to remove the crank bolt then just used the starter trick. Worked like a charm.
Loosen the crank bolt, rotate the crank to set the engine at TDC by looking at the marks on the front timing cover and cam (helps to have a 2nd pair of eyes up top while you are turning the crank), disassemble, mark your belts and TDC cam positions with a paint pen or white out and you're golden.
Only problem I had was the battery hold down had a burr on it that made it a bear to turn the last 1/4". Also using the front tie down hook as a lift point, my floor jack couldn't raise the vehicle high enough to get leverage with my Big Momma torque wrench so I will have to try my ramps or I'll let the dealer torque it when my new driver's seat belt comes in and they can get rid the the SRS light that just popped up. Did ya know that Honda has a lifetime warranty on seat belts?
I plan on bringing my old timing belt to the service advisor like some bounty from a jungle kill (or like a house cat that likes to bring home his latest kill be it pigeon, rat or mouse) since this new guy seemed surprised when he said, "You need a timing belt change" and I said, "Yeah I'm doing that this weekend:stupid: ."
Peace
With the shop manual and the tips found here, I could not believe how easy this was! Cost was $45 delivered for the belts from RockAuto.com and $2.50 for the dipstick o-ring from the local mower shop since Honda uses the same o-ring on their mower dipsticks and I wasn't paying the dealer $12 for it.
Took about 6.5 hrs. Book time is 7 and the techs normally do it in 5-6. Vehicle has 31k on it so all I did was change the 3 belts and inspect the tensioners, idler and water pump which were all fine. I used all Gates belts since I recall reading here that Gates is the OEM timing belt manufacturer. T286 timing belt, K040438 P/S & K060458 A/C. Original P/S belt was a Mitsuboshi, A/C hose was a Bando and I could still see the Gates logo on the original timing belt.
A few extra tips...take the entire engine mount out as one unit. That is after unbolting the P/S pump and disconnecting the hose to the reservoir (at the pump NOT the reservoir), remove the 2 bolts attached to the engine and 3 bolts attached to the body.
I spent all of 10 min trying to get a good position to use the crank tool to remove the crank bolt then just used the starter trick. Worked like a charm.
Loosen the crank bolt, rotate the crank to set the engine at TDC by looking at the marks on the front timing cover and cam (helps to have a 2nd pair of eyes up top while you are turning the crank), disassemble, mark your belts and TDC cam positions with a paint pen or white out and you're golden.
Only problem I had was the battery hold down had a burr on it that made it a bear to turn the last 1/4". Also using the front tie down hook as a lift point, my floor jack couldn't raise the vehicle high enough to get leverage with my Big Momma torque wrench so I will have to try my ramps or I'll let the dealer torque it when my new driver's seat belt comes in and they can get rid the the SRS light that just popped up. Did ya know that Honda has a lifetime warranty on seat belts?
I plan on bringing my old timing belt to the service advisor like some bounty from a jungle kill (or like a house cat that likes to bring home his latest kill be it pigeon, rat or mouse) since this new guy seemed surprised when he said, "You need a timing belt change" and I said, "Yeah I'm doing that this weekend:stupid: ."
Peace