special tools for cam to install
03-30-2011, 09:45 AM
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special tools for cam to install im fixing to put a cam in my 2000 ss camaro ls1 motor and was wondering are there any special tools i need to install it let me no thanks
03-30-2011, 09:48 AM
#2
Need:
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap
-On car valvespring compressor
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap
-On car valvespring compressor
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
03-30-2011, 11:40 PM
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Need:
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters (not a must, spin the cam a few times and you're good)
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap
-On car valvespring compressor
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.
- use a water pump long bolt to remove and install cam
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters (not a must, spin the cam a few times and you're good)
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap
-On car valvespring compressor
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.
- use a water pump long bolt to remove and install cam
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
~ Craig
03-31-2011, 07:27 AM
#7
Need:
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters: I would use a dowel as well since some LS1's drop lifters, some don't, depends on many factors. I have no desire to fish them out of the oil pan. Use Aluminum as it wont break off in the motor, which has happend in the past. Buy them in Home Depot, cut to length and then shave down the end that goes into the motor
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap: Very valuable. if your having pressure issues. A little oil in the cyl will bump up the pressure. Just make sure your compressor does not like to "Cycle" much. IF really worried, manually crank the motor have the piston near TDC of that pair of cyl.
-On car valvespring compressor: That or one that will clear the back sets of cyl. Clearence becomes an issue.
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.: Used a standard pulley remover (3 toe) with a socket to shim it out. For reinstalled, I have always gotten a threaded rod, (same size and thread pitch of a stock crank bolt) Nuts and washers and you thread the rod down till it bottoms out, pulley ever so slightly on the snout, a little oil on crank. The stack up washers and then nuts. Then start drawing the pulley on. Works everytime. Using Crank bolts be it 1" longer or APR can rip threads out or snap off bolts in the crank.
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
-wooden dowels from home depot to hold up lifters: I would use a dowel as well since some LS1's drop lifters, some don't, depends on many factors. I have no desire to fish them out of the oil pan. Use Aluminum as it wont break off in the motor, which has happend in the past. Buy them in Home Depot, cut to length and then shave down the end that goes into the motor
-Air chuck to thread into spark plug hole to hold valves up while doing valvespring swap: Very valuable. if your having pressure issues. A little oil in the cyl will bump up the pressure. Just make sure your compressor does not like to "Cycle" much. IF really worried, manually crank the motor have the piston near TDC of that pair of cyl.
-On car valvespring compressor: That or one that will clear the back sets of cyl. Clearence becomes an issue.
-Crank pulley remover, and a way to press the crank pulley back on.: Used a standard pulley remover (3 toe) with a socket to shim it out. For reinstalled, I have always gotten a threaded rod, (same size and thread pitch of a stock crank bolt) Nuts and washers and you thread the rod down till it bottoms out, pulley ever so slightly on the snout, a little oil on crank. The stack up washers and then nuts. Then start drawing the pulley on. Works everytime. Using Crank bolts be it 1" longer or APR can rip threads out or snap off bolts in the crank.
That's pretty much it! Just basic hand tools, and loc-tite!
See my answers in bold.
