tuna boy
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Was watching a u tube video on doing a timing belt swap on a Honda V6 car engine on a Honda pilot. The similarities between the car engine and my 1100 are amazing. The revelation I had was when the mechanic ignored all the usual mark the sprockets and the coresponding engine case. He marked the edge of the belt and the tooth on every sprocket that had teeth. He then pulled the belt and laid it on top of of new built to verify he had the correct length and transferred the marks from the old belt to the new belt. He installed the new belt so the marks on the new belt lined up with the marks on the sprockets. He then rotated the engine 3-4 times with a ratchet to verify that the timing was OK. Very similar to the goldwing. I think the way he marked the belt would work for Wing owners and be easier that the way we currently do the belt swap. It is amazing to see how this car engine is so similar to our bike engines.