Don't pull the crank pulley, the mark on the cover is fine. line it
up with the white mark and put the head on. the belt can be tensioned
by pulling the plug out of the lower cover and accessing the bolt.
I've done a countless number of these this way. tell your mechanic
friend that the white mark on the outside is just as reliable as the
one on the inside.
Chip






On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:29:54 GMT, "Elle"
<honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote:

>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.
>>
>