The crankshaft pulley should have four marks on it. The
white one is TDC. Align it with the pointer on the timing
belt cover, per
http://media.honda.co.uk/car/owner/m...sk301/5-21.pdf

Otherwise, resources on how to break free a Honda pulley
bolt:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/cranktool/index.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id6.html



<jophus@gmail.com> wrote
> Chilton's says to install cylinder head, piston #1 should
> be at top
> dead center while the camshaft pulley reads "UP". This
> sounds pretty
> simple to me. However, I have a friend who's a mechanic
> and he insists
> that I remove the crankshaft pulley in order to see the
> timing
> sprocket, which also has marks that need to be lined up
> correctly. I
> would be okay with that, too, if the crankshaft bolt
> wasn't installed
> at 180 ft. lbs. of torque. My air compressor and impact
> gun don't do
> the trick. I've also tried heating the bolt. The next
> method I'll
> employ is removing the starter to access the flywheel,
> which I can have
> my neighbor brace with a prybar while I jump from the roof
> onto the
> two-foot lead pipe slid onto the rachet. Before I do
> this, my
> questions are:
>
> a) Is there a way to have everything lined up absolutely
> correctly
> without having to remove the crankshaft pulley?
>
> b) Any more suggestions on removing the crankshaft bolt?
>
> Thanks.
>