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i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
come up short.

I'll start with what I know, and you fill in the rest please:

belts that need to be inspected and replaced for honda accord:

1) timing belt
2) alternator belt
3) serpentine belt
4) ??? belt
5) ??? belt

kilroy bass wrote:
> i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
> belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
> was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
> over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
> come up short.
>
> I'll start with what I know, and you fill in the rest please:
>
> belts that need to be inspected and replaced for honda accord:
>
> 1) timing belt
> 2) alternator belt
> 3) serpentine belt
> 4) ??? belt
> 5) ??? belt

Any auto parts store can help you with this.

Even better, a Honda dealer

"Jim" <jv9999@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:VIENF3D72E0D@vienneau.net...
> kilroy bass wrote:
> > i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
> > belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
> > was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
> > over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
> > come up short.
> >
> > I'll start with what I know, and you fill in the rest please:
> >
> > belts that need to be inspected and replaced for honda accord:
> >
> > 1) timing belt
> > 2) alternator belt
> > 3) serpentine belt
> > 4) ??? belt
> > 5) ??? belt
>
> Any auto parts store can help you with this.

"kilroy bass" <kilroybass@usa.com> wrote
> i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
> belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
> was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
> over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
> come up short.

Your Accord probably has:

timing belt (drives the camshaft and water pump shaft; driven by the crankshaft)
alternator belt (drives the alternator; driven by the crankshaft)
power steering belt (drives the power steering pump; driven by the crankshaft)
a/c compressor belt (drives the a/c compressor; driven by the crankshaft)

Serpentine belts drive several components. Not all cars have them. I doubt your
Accord has one.

http://tinyurl.com/33sov shows the timing belt and some other belt for a 94
Accord DX. Browse around this parts site to see all your car's belts.

Also, online manuals for several models of Hondas appear at
http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/workshopmanuals2.html

Maybe look at the 1991-1993 Accord manual listed at this site to get a better
handle on the belts your car has.

kilroy bass wrote in rec.autos.tech

> i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
> belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
> was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
> over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
> come up short.
>
> I'll start with what I know, and you fill in the rest please:
>
> belts that need to be inspected and replaced for honda accord:

Open your hood, and take a look at the end of the engine on
the drivers side. You will see all the belts except the
timing belt. You have one belt for the alternator, and if
you have AC you will have one for that. You do not have
a serpentine belt on your car. A serpentine belt is very wide
belt that drives the AC, Alternator, and anything else. It takes
the place of several different belts.
However, if it has been 5 years since the last belt was replaced,
it is time to replace them all. And the timing belt is getting to
the age it needs to be replaced, regardless of mileage.

>
> 1) timing belt
> 2) alternator belt
> 3) serpentine belt
> 4) ??? belt
> 5) ??? belt
>



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Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
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On 22 Apr 2004 10:46:19 -0700, kilroybass@usa.com (kilroy bass) wrote:

>i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
>belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
>was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago.

It's due for replacement after 6 years or 90,000 miles whichever comes
first.

> I've looked all
>over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
>come up short.

If you're doing your own wrench bending, get yourself a shop manual
for the car. It's the first thing I always buy.

You might also try http://www.gates.com/part_locator/index.cfm

"Caroline" <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<ZiVhc.7206$e4.3605@newsread2.news.pas.earthl ink.net>...
> "kilroy bass" <kilroybass@usa.com> wrote
> > i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
> > belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
> > was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
> > over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
> > come up short.
>
> Your Accord probably has:
>
> timing belt (drives the camshaft and water pump shaft; driven by the crankshaft)
> alternator belt (drives the alternator; driven by the crankshaft)
> power steering belt (drives the power steering pump; driven by the crankshaft)
> a/c compressor belt (drives the a/c compressor; driven by the crankshaft)


thanks a lot for all your help. much appreciated.

John Ings wrote in rec.autos.tech

> On 22 Apr 2004 10:46:19 -0700, kilroybass@usa.com (kilroy bass) wrote:
>
>>i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
>>belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
>>was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago.
>
> It's due for replacement after 6 years or 90,000 miles whichever comes
> first.
>
>> I've looked all
>>over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
>>come up short.
>
> If you're doing your own wrench bending, get yourself a shop manual
> for the car. It's the first thing I always buy.
>
> You might also try http://www.gates.com/part_locator/index.cfm

Even if you are not planning on doing the work yourself, it helps to have
a manual. That way when you take your car in to have it worked on you
can figure out what is involved, get an idea of how long the job will be,
and if the mechanic is yanking your chain or not.
For instance, someone who owns a Honda might be put off at the $500 cost
of replacing a timing belt, but by looking at what it takes to replace
one he may feel that it is a cheap price. On the the other hand if a
a mechanic tells someone it will cost several hundred for a job and
you can see that it is a simple and quick job, you will take the car
somewhere else.

--
Dick #1349
Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com
email: dickcr@comcast.net

In article <ba90a183.0404220946.7d4707eb@posting.google.com >,
kilroybass@usa.com says...
>
>
>i have a 1994 accord DX. I need to find information about what
>belts I need to replace and examine. The only belt I've had replaced
>was the timing belt, which was about 5 years ago. I've looked all
>over the web to find what belts are essential to the vehicle, but have
>come up short.
>
>I'll start with what I know, and you fill in the rest please:
>
>belts that need to be inspected and replaced for honda accord:
>
>1) timing belt
>2) alternator belt
>3) serpentine belt
>4) ??? belt
>5) ??? belt

Check the service manual that came with the car. They detail what belts
need to be inspected, and replaced if necessary.
----------------
Alex

Dick C <foo.dickcr@comcast.net> wrote in
news:Xns94D45F4BBA58Fdickcrcomcastnet@216.196.97.1 36:
> Even if you are not planning on doing the work yourself, it helps to have
> a manual. That way when you take your car in to have it worked on you
> can figure out what is involved, get an idea of how long the job will be,
> and if the mechanic is yanking your chain or not.
> For instance, someone who owns a Honda might be put off at the $500 cost
> of replacing a timing belt, but by looking at what it takes to replace
> one he may feel that it is a cheap price. On the the other hand if a
> a mechanic tells someone it will cost several hundred for a job and
> you can see that it is a simple and quick job, you will take the car
> somewhere else.

Agreed 100%. I have the Haynes manual for 94/95 Accord. It's not as good
as the Honda shop manual, but it's saved my bacon more than once. For
example, I took it in to have the heater blower motor replaced. When I got
the car back, the glove box fell out. They tried to tell me "the car was
like that" but then I remembered from the manual that the standard
procedure to get at the blower motor is through the glove box. They
changed their tune after I mentioned that. It really helps to know what
they need to do a job to avoid being scammed.

One more note. The original poster was looking for belts that typically
are replaced at certain intervals. I wanted to add that some people
replace the water pump at the same time as they replace the timing belt,
since it's a lot of work to get that area open anyways. If the water pump
is a decade old, and you're getting the timing chain done, you might want
to get the pump done as well, or at least get it checked for wear / wobble.

My 95 Accord Wagon has about 190,000 km on it and I think it can do double
that. For a while I had a 2002 BMW M3 and was thinking of selling the
Honda. I ended up keeping the Honda and selling the M3. Hope the original
poster has as good of luck with his.