"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote
> "twfsa" <uksatw@qwest.net> wrote
> > When looking in thru the left wheel houseing at the crankshaft pulley in
> > what direction does the nut have to turn to remove it.
> >
> > I am going to adjust the valves with the spark plugs out, and use the
> > pulley to rotate the engine, but do not want to loosen the the pulley.
> >
> > Somewhere it said to rotate the pulley counter clockwise, when doing the
> > adjustment, and if thats so the nut on the pulley may loosen.If it were to
> > loosen I have a torque wrench, but whats going to hold the pulley, while
> > its tightened?
> >
> > I looked at useing the alternator pulley nut,but its impossible to reach
> > from above, and see what position the rocker arms in .
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
> >
> You will see a couple of threads just in recent months about how to get that
> ^$#@(*& bolt loose. The upshot is that it won't loosen while you use it to
> rotate the crankshaft. It is originally torqued to about 130 ft-lbs (maybe a
> little different in your engine), but over the years the thing gets stubborn
> and impact drivers have a tough time with it. I just did the timing belt on
> my son's Acura and with a few tricks the 500 ft-lb driver finally got it
> loose.

Plus, Honda manuals such as those at the UK site, autozone, and Chilton's
typically say to retorque the bolt after finishing a valve adjustment. This is
precisely because of the original poster's concern.

But like Michael says, if the engine's been run, I dunno, a year or so without
doing any work that involved removing the pulley bolt, it should be plenty
tight.

If you happened to remove the pulley bolt a few weeks ago, I would imagine
there's more risk it might come loose.

Either way, I'd re-torque to spec after the valve adjust job. It's not a big
deal.