does anyone have a picture of stock b18b cam gears? I was reading about timing belt installation and i keep hearing about this hole or something that you can stick a drill bit through or an allen key to hold the cams in place to get the timing belt on correctly. Can someone supply me with a picture of this, my car is in another state, i think i may have installed my timing belt wrong and that may be why my car isn't running right. Please!

 

I never heard that. I'd like to see too.

 

all B-series gears are the same... i have some, but i wont take pics...

there is no hole in the gear, its in the cams... not sure if they exist on a B18B, but they are on ZC's and B-series VTEC motors...

 

yup on b18a/b there are holes for aligning the camshafts for TDC. Intake and exhaust has a hole on each. I don't know about Vtec engines but for the B18a/b its a pain because it usually jumps when you get it to TDC. Its there to set the cams in place while pulling the timing belt over when doing timing. Forgot but I think I used two 12mm pin punch to hold them.

 

http://cheezthis.com/camseal/b18bnovalvecover.jpg

can someone circle these holes for ligning up the cams? are they they little circle holes coming off of the 1st cam caps in the picture? whats the best tool to use to lock them in place?

 

Pics of cams/gears



Those holes in the cams line up with the cam caps, but they dont go all the way threw the cams so im not sure how well it would work to stop the cams.

Ur lucky im installing a set of cams in a LS tonight

 

88dx: Thank you so much, you just confirmed my suspicions lol i did install the timing belt wrong, hopefully i fix it and it runs and doesn't have any bent valves!!!