hi everyone right im changing the timing belt on a 91 honda civic dx so far it was easy but heres the catch i cant seem to get the crank pulley off . man i cant even get the stinking bolt loose does anyone have any tips on getting that bolt loose and just to help me out which direction does the bolt loosen . i know the engine spins counterclockwise so that leads me to beliieve that the bolt loosens clockwise . i just wanna know how to remove the bolt without spinning the engine

 

theres a special tool for that - ask your local garages if you can rent that tool from them or may be buy it at local Autoparts stores.

 

what is a timing belt, i'm kinda new.

 

A timing belt rotates your cam gear...your cam gear is connected to you camshaft. It's called a timing belt, because the position of your cam gear effects the timing of your camshaft.

www.howstuffworks.com check out that site...it'll teach you more about engines.

 

Do you think that replacing the timing belt would be a good investment? Would a new cam shaft be better? How hard would it be for an 87 accord with like 130K miles?

 

Replacing the belts is part of the maintenance of the car...items that wear need changed everynow and then. Replacing a camshaft is often a performance mod, rather than a maintenance. Camshafts are solid and grinded down to the profile (or shapes) that it takes. So for maintenance don't worry about the cam.

 

Hey 6thGen, thats a good site for the answers..
Thanks for putting it in there for all to see...

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