i have a 2003 accord ex 3.0 i replaced the timing belt. i checked all of the timing marks on the cams abd crank. started it up and immediately shut it off because it was out of time. i removed all if the covers again and saw that the back cam was out of tdc. i removed the belt and rotated the cam to tdc. i noticed that the front cam was off by a tooth. i attempted to rotate it clockwise but it came to a hard stop at the 9 o'clock position. the crank is in tdc. what did i do wrong and how do i correct it?

 

Since you're only 1 tooth off rotate CCW to reach correct position. Timing belt must be removed to realign both cams and crank.

PS, You may have damaged valves running while misaligned.

good luck

 

thanks. so I'll rotate the front cam ccw back to tdc? the belt was already off when i attempted to correct my mistake, i hope it didn't ruin the motor. thanks again

 

i rotated ccw with no problems. still off a tooth.