chip wrote:
> 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.

that's the way it's /supposed/ to be done!

> tell your mechanic
> friend that the white mark on the outside is just as reliable as the
> one on the inside.
> Chip
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> On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:29:54 GMT, "Elle"
> <honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> <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.
>>>