On 4 Nov 2003 16:29:29 -0800, chip@chipanddebby.com (Chip Stein)
wrote:

>> > For those that have done this work personally, was the lower timing cover a
>> > real pain to remove or was there some anomaly with my engine? I really
>> > struggled to get it off after removing all the screws. Eventually I lost it
>> > and just forced it out from the bottom...partially cracking it. There just
>> > doesn't seem to be enough clearance.
>> Had the same problem with the '96 Odyssey (which is built on the Accord
>> chassis). The secret there was to remove the brace that runs from the front
>> of the frame to the suspension across that space. It was not in the Helms
>> manual. I found out you have to remove it from an accommodating Honda
>> dealer. Hondas are far and away the most difficult vehicles to change
>> timing belts on that I have encountered.
>
>i've never pulled the radius rod out. those timing belts shouldn't
>take more than an hour if you know what you are doing.

Book time on my Acura Integra (I-4) was about 3 hours for the timing
belt. I've personally never seen a Honda/Acura timing belt done in an
hour.

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