There is *no* way anybody can change the timing belt on a 96 Accord in 1 hr!
Remove it in an hour? Possibly. But completely change it and reassemble
everything? Please be honest. Either that or you grossly overestimate what
an hour is!

Kofi

"Chip Stein" <chip@chipanddebby.com> wrote in message
news:5ddcea74.0311041629.4f42de0@posting.google.co m...
> > > 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.
> try a DOHC dodge stealth sometime.
> the timing cover comes right out if you move it just the right way
> Chip