Camshaft Seal

[jewelproject]

im installing the camshaft back in my motor. can i put the seal on now or should i press it in after i get the camshaft installed?

[Jarrett]

If you have an impact I'd replace it now. You can use a towel and wrap up the lobes so that you can hold it. Then hold tight while a buddy buzzes it off. Change the seal and put the pulley back on and tighten the bolt finger-tight. Then you can reinstall the camshaft and torque it down once you've got the timing belt on it tightly.

[mndude07]

The correct way to install the seal is to remove the rocker assembly, put the new seal on (after cleaning the camshaft of course), then put the rocker arm assembly back on and put the bolts on finger tight. Then, use an appropriately sized socket to tap the seal down into the bore completely and squarely. After that, torque the rockers to spec.

[djkurious]

I may be wrong, but I have never removed the rocker arm to replace the cam seal. I did this to remove and replace mine:

honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1908944&highlight=cam+seal+remova l&page=6

[Jarrett]

Mndude07, you said nothing in your description about removing or reinstalling the pulley.

Djkurious, you don't technically have to but I wouldn't want to jar a cam bolt loose while still connected to the valve train.

[jewelproject]

Ok. 3 ways.

Which one is right?

[Jarrett]

Do you have an impact?

[jewelproject]

Do you have an impact?

I do.

But i already have the cam gear off.

[Jarrett]

Then do what I told you. Reinstall your cam and rockers, wrap your timing belt around the cam and something I forgot to add is that you should put a long flathead screwdriver into the balance shaft access hole on the back of the block. That will lock it into place.

[dj_ender]

This all sounds ridiculously complicated, i removed my cam pulley, then the rocker assembly, lifted the cam out then slid the seal on, then reversed...

No leaks to this day, been about 6ish months and about 4000 miles.

[Hostile]

^ I did this and had no leaks our issues.

[mndude07]

Mndude07, you said nothing in your description about removing or reinstalling the pulley.

Djkurious, you don't technically have to but I wouldn't want to jar a cam bolt loose while still connected to the valve train.

Excuse me, I thought it was implied. I forget that some people aren't very intelligent on here though!

[Jarrett]

I'm just saying that if you were giving a step by step then you should include all of your steps.

[Bad_dude]

Got any pics of the procedures?
Thanks.

[mndude07]

I'm just saying that if you were giving a step by step then you should include all of your steps.

I don't think I wrote a DIY...