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Thanks for the reply. I stumbled upon that thread and it does answer the question about if they’re interchangeable. To avoid taking it all apart, can I just pry the old one out from the side and pop a new one in without taking the valve cover off?
Thanks for the reply. I stumbled upon that thread and it does answer the question about if they’re interchangeable. To avoid taking it all apart, can I just pry the old one out from the side and pop a new one in without taking the valve cover off?
Update: I pulled the motor out and used an easy out on the bolt which worked OK. I got about 65 percent of it out and it broke again, pretty much at the end of the hole I drilled. I figure I’ll give it another shot today to get the whole thing out, but if I can’t I’m sure a smaller bolt will work fine.
thanks for the suggestions, Eric. Have you guys ever used Gates timing kits? The prices on amazon look good, and I hear gates belts are an “industry standard” but I’ve never used them.
Update: I pulled the motor out and used an easy out on the bolt which worked OK. I got about 65 percent of it out and it broke again, pretty much at the end of the hole I drilled. I figure I’ll give it another shot today to get the whole thing out, but if I can’t I’m sure a smaller bolt will work fine.
thanks for the suggestions, Eric. Have you guys ever used Gates timing kits? The prices on amazon look good, and I hear gates belts are an “industry standard” but I’ve never used them.
update: I bought “new” napa axles and have the same exact fitment. Before I bought them I took the half shaft off and bolted it down to my bench snug, and was wacking the hasport axle with a 3 lb sledge hammer just to be certain that it can’t go down any further, which was the case. I threw the napa axle on and was giving it the hammer too with no difference. I’d turn the axle a hair, give it a couple smacks, turn it, smack it with each axle and still got the same results. Is it possible at all that from the factory that’s the way it fit on this car? it’s a jdm 96 97 type r with the OEM half shaft.
a few friends said if you can’t just pull it off to run it and make sure there are no noises and vibrations, and if not i should be ok. What do you guys suggest?
Kinda stumped on this one, lol. Whatever you guys suggest is the way I’ll go. It’s still off the car so I can take all kinds of pictures tonight if anybody wants them.
update: I bought “new” napa axles and have the same exact fitment. Before I bought them I took the half shaft off and bolted it down to my bench snug, and was wacking the hasport axle with a 3 lb sledge hammer just to be certain that it can’t go down any further, which was the case. I threw the napa axle on and was giving it the hammer too with no difference. I’d turn the axle a hair, give it a couple smacks, turn it, smack it with each axle and still got the same results. Is it possible at all that from the factory that’s the way it fit on this car? it’s a jdm 96 97 type r with the OEM half shaft.
a few friends said if you can’t just pull it off to run it and make sure there are no noises and vibrations, and if not i should be ok. What do you guys suggest?
Kinda stumped on this one, lol. Whatever you guys suggest is the way I’ll go. It’s still off the car so I can take all kinds of pictures tonight if anybody wants them.
update – I took the half shaft and axle out of the car and tried assembling them on my bench. no matter how much pounding or anything the fitment is the exact same. It seems the axle bottoms out in the half shaft and is machined wrong or something. I’m sending the axles back to hasport and going with Napa new axles. Does anybody have experience with napa axles and their quality? I don’t have cores so I’m getting new ones. I called Honda and theirs are 200 each for remans, so that’s out of the question.
any suggestions appreciated!
update – I took the half shaft and axle out of the car and tried assembling them on my bench. no matter how much pounding or anything the fitment is the exact same. It seems the axle bottoms out in the half shaft and is machined wrong or something. I’m sending the axles back to hasport and going with Napa new axles. Does anybody have experience with napa axles and their quality? I don’t have cores so I’m getting new ones. I called Honda and theirs are 200 each for remans, so that’s out of the question.
any suggestions appreciated!
Hi Eric,
thanks for the suggestion. I forgot to mention that I put the axle in, put the old nut on and wacked it with a hammer many times. I quit thinking that I was going to screw something up in the tranny. It seems to bottom out in the half shaft, and if you pull it out it hits the clip (i’m assuming) because you have to pop it off with a pry bar or something to get it out. I may take it all apart today and get more pictures.
the thing that bothers me is the guy from hasport.com says all the swaps that he’s done have that much play, while EVERYBODY ELSE says it’s not correct, including you with your extensive honda/acura experience. I’m leaning towards just sending both axles back and going with another company. What would you do if this was your car?
thanks again!
Hi Eric,
thanks for the suggestion. I forgot to mention that I put the axle in, put the old nut on and wacked it with a hammer many times. I quit thinking that I was going to screw something up in the tranny. It seems to bottom out in the half shaft, and if you pull it out it hits the clip (i’m assuming) because you have to pop it off with a pry bar or something to get it out. I may take it all apart today and get more pictures.
the thing that bothers me is the guy from hasport.com says all the swaps that he’s done have that much play, while EVERYBODY ELSE says it’s not correct, including you with your extensive honda/acura experience. I’m leaning towards just sending both axles back and going with another company. What would you do if this was your car?
thanks again!
I’m not sure about the difference in feel since the car sat all year. I painted it in my garage and would start it here and there, pull it out into the driveway but never ran it out of first or reverse.
with the cool weather this is the first winter I’ve owned the car, so not sure there either, lol.
Hydraulics came to mind too, since I thing the master cylinders are known to leak and fail. I’ll take a look today and see if there are any signs like that. Is there a way to test the slave cylinder for premature wear?
I’m not sure about the difference in feel since the car sat all year. I painted it in my garage and would start it here and there, pull it out into the driveway but never ran it out of first or reverse.
with the cool weather this is the first winter I’ve owned the car, so not sure there either, lol.
Hydraulics came to mind too, since I thing the master cylinders are known to leak and fail. I’ll take a look today and see if there are any signs like that. Is there a way to test the slave cylinder for premature wear?
update: I replaced the switch and the windshield wipers are fine now. Bought it at the salvage yard for about 20 bucks compared to 100 plus new.
to determine that the switch was bad I just unplugged it and turned the key, and they didn’t come on. The only issue with the car now is the gas gauge stuck at quarter tank. How likely is it that the cluster itself is bad/frozen?
update: I replaced the switch and the windshield wipers are fine now. Bought it at the salvage yard for about 20 bucks compared to 100 plus new.
to determine that the switch was bad I just unplugged it and turned the key, and they didn’t come on. The only issue with the car now is the gas gauge stuck at quarter tank. How likely is it that the cluster itself is bad/frozen?
[quote=”EricTheCarGuy” post=35135]When I say “ohm out the switch” what I mean is that you get a wiring diagram and find out what terminals goto what on the switch and hook up the ohm meter while you move the switch to different positions checking to see if the switch is sending the correct signals when it needs to. I should really make a video on this at some point.[/quote]
I agree! Funny thing is when I started to have the electrical issues with my zx2 that’s when you started with the electrical videos, so it was perfect timing!