valve adjustment w/o tool?? - Honda Prelude Forum

ludeguy1995 · 03-01-2006, 01:37 PM

Hey guys...My valves are tickin more than i like to hear so i wanna do a valve adjustment. I used to have an h23 that didnt need any facy tools, but now im bein told that the h22a requires a special valve adjustment tool. I called every part shop and the dealers here in san diego, and no one has the tool. I searched the forums and i didnt see a real answer to either of my questions. So heres my two questions:

Can the adjustment be done without the tool, and how much harder would it be?

Does anyone know where to buy one in san diego?

Thanks in advance

petern101 · 03-01-2006, 02:17 PM

well its the same tool you need with the h23. its the honda tool

but you can get around it. i've seen variations of it. there is a ratchet set at sears that is basically a socket ratchet with a hole in the middle. so you can use it and have another screwdriver through the hole - if you can imagine

basically the honda tool is a socket wrench with a built in screwdriver to adjust your valves

95_5speed · 03-01-2006, 03:01 PM

all you need is to use a 10mm (or12mm, i forget) hand wrench, (use the colsed circle, round end of it) and a flat head screw driver. Stick the screw driver, through the open wrench and youre golden. No need to purchase anything new really, i do it this way ever time, with 100% accurate results.

xlr8r · 03-01-2006, 03:23 PM

It's 10mm. Most wrenches aren't angled enough to get down in there (I've looked all over the place). I bought a ratcheting style set of wrenches that also pivot at the end so I can pivot it, get it down there, adjust the valve lash, tighten as best as I can with the wrench with the screw driver in place, remove the wrench & screw driver, then finish it off with a good tug with a socket wrench. Of course sometimes the last tug with the socket wrench messes up the setting & I have to do it again. I've become fairly efficient using this method.

95_5speed · 03-01-2006, 03:41 PM

Wear gloves if possible, bashing your knuckles ans skinning pinkys on the studs for the cover, is painful!

I just use a Napa made chrome 10mm wrench, and thank you for clearning that up, I forgot which mm it was.

Solid · 03-01-2006, 03:42 PM

long 10mm socket held with visegrips and a screwdriver lol

95_5speed · 03-01-2006, 03:44 PM

lol, damn, now thats pimp!

berkshire40 · 03-01-2006, 04:46 PM

I took a 10mm deep well and put it on the grinder, griding like 6 sides on it then hammered a wrench onto it. Worked perfectly

i bent the wrench too

jsmooney · 03-02-2006, 10:41 AM

wow - rigged up there^^

i bet it works great though!

Daemione · 03-02-2006, 11:33 AM

Here's mine:

Socket + wrench + JB Weld + screwdriver.

preduder · 08-13-2009, 04:12 PM

so..does ALL H22A have the same feeler gauge gap? i dont know what you call this but what feeler gauge u guys use? and also if ANYONE can provide a link or know a writeup on this would be awesome...TY