Timing belt replacement: Honda ACCORD SOHC, 1985 (A16A1, A20A1, A20A4)
Step-by-step timing belt replacement for the Honda ACCORD SOHC, 1985: 60 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for HONDA — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 1.6, |, 2.0, 2.0I
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
Don't miss
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
📐 11 workshop diagrams for A16A1
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Unless otherwise advised by the manufacturer, the following procedures are recommended:
- Never turn the engine in the direction opposite to that of normal operation
- Loosen the tensioner 180°
- Note: Avoid bending, torsion or traction
- Manual transmission:
- Valve cover
- Remove the valve cover
- Turn the crankshaft anti-clockwise by 3 teeth on the camshaft gearwheel
- Remove the timing belt lower cover
- Move the tensioner to the slack position
- Remove the timing belt
- Camshaft
Installation and checks
- Check that cylinder 1 is still at TDC
- Check that tension is applied to the belt
- Loosen the tensioner 180°
- Fit the timing belt lower cover
- Tighten the tensioner
- Refit the timing belt upper cover
- Manual transmission:
- Refit the valve cover
- Refit the coolant pump pulley
- Fit the ancillary drive belt
- Coolant pump pulley:
- Tighten the coolant pump pulley
- Tighten the alternator
- Automatic transmission:
- Reconnect the battery
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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