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Unfortunately you may have to. But you can try taking off the tensioner and just slipping off the belt on the one cam. While keeping decent tension on the belt (a second set of hands might be needed) use a wrench to move the cam back to where it needs to be. Then slide the belt back on.

I currently have a 2007 Honda pilot. It it has a J35A0 in it I believe. The zero is a bit scuffed on the timing cover and its hard to tell if thats it exactly. However, I am here to ask what other J35 motors will fit this vehicle. I am hearing there are differences in the block between 2 wheel drive vs AWD/4WD. Is this difference in the blocks a legit concern? Or is the difference something minor that I can swap out to make the motor work? I am a big honda guy but haven't messed with the j35's to much. The junk yard is saying the motor for this Honda Pilot is 06-08 only. I know their systems are pretty specific. But, in my experience with honda's as long as the block number matches up the motor would work. Please help!