A very bad day. - Honda Prelude Forum

SikRedRX-8 · 11-06-2002, 09:01 PM

Well today I threw timing and it jumped three teeth. Bent a few valves and a lot of other damage. Got rid of the turbo today. and the lude is down for awhile. I am going to buy a h22 head later this week. Can't believe so much can go wrong all at once this sucks really bad.

vile10 · 11-06-2002, 09:38 PM

sorry to hear that man, i feel you, i bent 4 valves on my old 3rd gen when the timing belt broke, just a pain

btw, is your pm not working again? i kept trying to contact you for the spoiler, pm me

prelude2005 · 11-06-2002, 09:39 PM

how do you technically "jump teeth"...so i can be careful

4bidden · 11-06-2002, 09:49 PM

usually by an incorrectly tensioned timing belt or over-reving when u miss a gear

MR.CLIFFORD · 11-06-2002, 10:00 PM

That sucks bro. Good luck with the head swap tho!!

92 SI Ludester · 11-06-2002, 10:40 PM

**** everyones timing belt is breaking...i get really nervous with my motor now...sorry to hear about the motor though good luck

vile10 · 11-07-2002, 03:53 PM

yup, the one on my 3rd gen broke at 68k (back then i didn't know that it's due at 60k for older cars) so i changed mine on the 4th gen at 80k

SLICK96 · 11-07-2002, 10:14 PM

DAMN, Homey!!!!!! First, you were ditching the turbo, now this! I feel for you, man. I'm just glad that I had my timing belt replaced a few months back. I wish I was driving your car, and had it replaced... sucks to see & hear that you're down. Good luck on the comeback trail, though.

J