For that tensioner nut, I took a socket and ground off the end a couple mm because the internal profile of most sockets is beveled on the end. That way it engages that very shallow nut a little better.

 

Thanks for everyone's help. Finally got it off. Removed and installed new water pump. Got new timing and balancer shaft belts on as well as new tensioner pulleys ( with new nut ). Now to put everything else back together. Thanks again

 

By the way. Username " not sure", because I really wasn't.

 

Okay, now two weeks on the road. Now the water pump is starting to whine. Could it just be my belt is too tight, or need another water pump

 

Did you use the normal tensioning procedure to loosen tensioning nut, and turn crankshaft 3 teeth on camshaft sprocket pulley, then retension nut?

Are you sure you engaged the tensioner bracket to stud on oil pump cover? If misaligned this will cause whirring noise.

https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...warning-22046/

good luck

 

Yes I did get the rear pulley tensioner bracket on the stud correctly. I did put new tensioner pulleys on when I first did the job. The belt does not seem to be too tight. I do still need to loosen and remove the belts. Maybe I can tell more then. Thanks

 

The timing belt isn't supposed to be TIGHT like an alternator belt. Take the long span of the belt closest to the radiator (crankshaft all the way up to camshaft). That long span should just be able to twist less than 90-degrees.

The tensioning method (turn the crankshaft a few teeth) allows that weak little spring to take up slack over on the waterpump side of the belt, but that spring isn't so strong that it makes the belt overtightened. It's tempting to take a coathanger & hook onto the bracket of the tensioner pulley, & pull it up tight.

 

Suggest removing accessory belts and starting engine to confirm noise is from the timing belt.

Noise could be power steering, alternator, AC idler bearing, or slipping crankshaft pulley bushing.

good luck

 

Ok stupid question. When I am aligning the pulleys. Can I rotate cam pulley independently or do I turn it with the belt on using the crankshaft then take belt off to align crankshaft independently? I understand that front and rear turn independently with rear at 5 o'clock and front has mark seen from top.

 

Fw tdc and cylinder 1 do match up when camshaft sprocket is lined up. And crankshaft also has an arrow marking