"Jack" <jdoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:XcGdnZmFErNUkcbfRVn-pQ@rogers.com...
> Why doesn't Honda use a chain instead of a high maintenance belt?

We are so accustomed to belts that we forget chains also have the wear
issue, and about the same service life. My mother-in-law's Buick timing
chain jumped with only 60K miles on it, and chains have been known to break,
too. I once had a 1984 Dodge 600ES (LeBaron) with a Mitsubishi power train.
What a nightmare! At 90K miles the timing chain had worn to the point it was
slapping on the housing, and the first step in changing the chain was
"remove engine" (no room to remove the cover with the engine in the car).

Mike