Honda Civic/Acura Integra

since 1994 of release

Repair and car operation

Condition check, adjustment of effort of a tension and replacement of driving belts, (each 12 000 km of run or time in 6 months)

Check

Driving, or V-shaped (as them sometimes call), belts are located in a forward part of the power unit and play important role in functioning of the engine and many other systems of the car. Over time belts are subject to wear, and therefore, should look round regularly according to the schedule of routine maintenance of the car in order to avoid the serious engine failures which correction of consequences can become in kopek.

V-obraznykh family of belts treat as well the multicostal.

The quantity of used driving belts depends on a car complete set. Belts are applied to a drive of such auxiliary units, as the generator, steering and water pumps, the compressor of the conditioner of air, etc. Depending on the scheme of an arrangement of the pulleys, by one belt can be put in action more than one unit.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1a. Muffle the engine, open a cowl and find driving belts in a forward part of the power unit. Highlighting itself a small lamp, fingers feel belts on all their length, checking on existence of cracks and stratifications. Presence on a belt of attritions, zapolirovanny sites to shine and other obvious defects (see accompanying illustrations) is inadmissible also. 1b. Examine belts from both parties for what overwind them. 2. Check of effort of a tension of a belt is made by a nazhimaniye on it by a hand thumb on a site in the middle between two next pulleys. Pressing should be rather firm. In parameter, harakteriziruyushchy the effort of a tension of a belt, is size of its deflection at a nazhimaniye (see an accompanying illustration). As a rule, if pulleys defend from each other at distance from 180 to 280 mm, the size of a deflection should make 6.4 mm, at distance between pulleys 305÷405 mm, the deflection of a wedge-shaped belt should make 12.5 mm, multicostal – 6.4 mm.

Adjustment

In case of need correction of effort of a tension of a driving belt, is made by shift in the relevant party of the unit given by it.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1a. For correction of a tension of a belt of a drive of the generator weaken axial and adjusting bolts of fastening of the last and displace the unit in the relevant party (see an accompanying illustration). 1b. Having finished adjustment, tighten bolts. The To/in compressor, on the contrary, is fixed rigidly, however is equipped with the tension roller, allowing to make correction of effort of a tension of a belt (see an accompanying illustration). 1c. For correction of a tension of a belt of a drive of the steering pump it is necessary to release adjusting bolts then to use a nut lamb on one models, or to shift the pump case in the relevant party, on others. 2. Having finished adjustment, make sure of correctness of a tension of a belt (see above). In case of need repeat adjustment procedure.

Replacement

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. For replacement of a driving belt weaken bolts of fastening of the unit / a tension roller as did it at adjustment and throw off a belt from pulleys. It is meaningful to make at the same time replacement at once all driving belts. Before finally removing a belt from the car, mark the direction of rotation of a belt and the scheme of its laying in streams of pulleys. 2. Upon purchase of new belts take with itself old as samples – replaceable belts should correspond strictly old on a standard size. 3. On termination of replacement adjust a tension of new belts (see above).