92 Prelude Alternator Belt

Discussion in 'Prelude' started by Fathergoose, Jul 8, 2007.

  1. Fathergoose

    Fathergoose Guest

    Hello,
    I am wanting to replace the alternator belt on a 1992 Honda prelude.
    The old one broke off.
    Well, I need a procedure to do it, please.
    I wonder if you need to remove the power steering belt to install the alt.
    belt ?
    Does anyone have a procedure for me to follow?
    thanks for considerations,
    bill
     
    Fathergoose, Jul 8, 2007
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  2. Fathergoose

    Rick Blaine Guest

    Bill-- it doesn't sound like you've got much in the way of mechanical
    comprehension if you can't tell just by looking at it. If the PS belt is in
    front, you do, if it's behind-- you don't.

    Are you really sure you want to tackle this yourself?? It's a cheap repair
    and most any shop can do it for you.
     
    Rick Blaine, Jul 8, 2007
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  3. Fathergoose

    Fathergoose Guest

    thanks for the reply.
    I am sure I could do it if I had a procedure to follow...but I thank you for
    the response.
    Since it is in front, as you say, it will have to come off.
    Sometimes with different bolts to loosen from mfg to mfg it helps to have
    diagrams to follow.
    thanks again for giving me an answer.
    bill
     
    Fathergoose, Jul 8, 2007
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  4. Fathergoose

    Tegger Guest




    If the Accord-based '92 Prelude is the same as the '91 Accord and
    Accord-based Legend, the alternator is loosened and tightened in a
    slightly different way from Civic-based cars.

    See here for a diagram.
    <http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/manual_scans/legend/91_legend_alt_belt.pdf>
     
    Tegger, Jul 9, 2007
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  5. Fathergoose

    Fathergoose Guest

    =====================
    Yea, that is what I thought by looking at it, I have never worked on foreign
    autos..so I wanted to ask before I dove in.
    Thanks
    bill
     
    Fathergoose, Jul 10, 2007
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  6. Fathergoose

    jim beam Guest

    nothing to be afraid of! the decimal system works great and everything
    else is better designed/made.
     
    jim beam, Jul 10, 2007
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  7. Fathergoose

    Tegger Guest


    Well it works better than the elevenimal system they use in deepest darkest
    Borneo.
     
    Tegger, Jul 10, 2007
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  8. Fathergoose

    jim beam Guest

    and the 16imal, 32imal, 64imal, and all the other fractional b.s. we use
    here. made no sense to me as a kid. makes no sense to me now.
     
    jim beam, Jul 10, 2007
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  9. Fathergoose

    Tegger Guest



    You will be glad to know I have chopped off all my fingers and
    toes...except for both index fingers. I am grimly and painfully binary now.

    All I am now capable of is ones and zeroes. This also makes it very
    difficult to give a cop the finger while driving by, as I once did in my
    early '20s. I didn't get a ticket for that one, although I did have to sit
    through a rather lengthy and boring roadside lecture after he caught up to
    me and pulled me over.
     
    Tegger, Jul 10, 2007
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  10. But I can't seem to find a 1 cm drive for my metric sockets!
     
    Michael Pardee, Jul 10, 2007
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  11. Fathergoose

    jim beam Guest

    trust me, if they were made, i'd have one!
     
    jim beam, Jul 10, 2007
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  12. I think that's where the English system went wrong. The base 12 relationship
    between feet and inches was great, but why it was abandoned below the inch
    escapes me. For consistency there should have been another unit equal to
    1/12 inch, called something like a smidge, and another equal to 1/12 of a
    smidge... maybe a weensey. Distances are often naturally divided by 2, 3, 4,
    5 or 6; base 12 accomodates four of those five divisions. Base ten
    accomodates only 2.

    Darn the Romans for spreading the base ten number system! Darn the French
    for deciding to build on that mistake! Darn the Martians for their base 3
    number system... oops - Ray Bradbury wanted me to keep that a secret.

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Jul 10, 2007
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  13. Fathergoose

    Tegger Guest


    I love the English measurement system. It is so utterly crackpot, so
    completely illogical, it fits perfectly with the way humans think to
    begin with.

    Actually, most of the world population's indigenous measurement systems
    were very similar to Imperial.

    Hey, anybody remember how the original British monetary system worked?
    Even more fun! :)
     
    Tegger, Jul 11, 2007
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  14. Fathergoose

    Fathergoose Guest

    ===============================================
    Thanks for the help.
    I got the belts changed with the help of the pictorial PDF picture jump
    starting me.
    It was not exactly but close enough for me to get it.
    Thanks, Tegger for taking the time to help me.
    Funny thing though, after getting the belts on we discovered what made the
    alternator belt break!
    The A/C clutch bearings are going bad and it has evidently seized up once
    before and caused the belt to break.
    So we are going to take a piece of string and measure the length of the main
    crank and the alternator without the A/C in the loop and put it on
    by-passing and thus solving the problem.

    thanks again, Tegger.....have a great week-end where ever you are!
    Bill.....in WV
     
    Fathergoose, Jul 14, 2007
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  15. Fathergoose

    Tegger Guest


    Congrats on the fix.

    Bypassing the A/C compressor is a good idea, but are you sure it's the
    clutch and not the A/C idler? The A/C idler is a know weak point with
    certain models.
     
    Tegger, Jul 14, 2007
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  16. Fathergoose

    jim beam Guest

    the belt used in a non-a/c model accord should do it.
     
    jim beam, Jul 14, 2007
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