Toughest Part Of Cam & Spring Install?
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Toughest Part Of Cam & Spring Install?
Just curious, as I'm waiting on parts, but what did you consider (as you look back) to be the toughest part of the cam and spring swap. Pulley removal? Spring install? What one part sticks out in your mind as being the most challenging part?
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Originally Posted by Predator
Just curious, as I'm waiting on parts, but what did you consider (as you look back) to be the toughest part of the cam and spring swap. Pulley removal? Spring install? What one part sticks out in your mind as being the most challenging part?
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i really didnt think the pully was that bad, you need to buy a puller or rent one, goes smooth, the springs were a pain and holing up the lifters while sawpping the cam is kinda nerve wrecking, if one fell...
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Originally Posted by Z28Venom
There are only two really tough parts..
-rear springs
-getting that damn pulley on and off.
-rear springs
-getting that damn pulley on and off.
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the valvesprings are definitly the most time consuming on any single part of the job, figure out a good method to getting them off and you'll find that it really isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be, on my first time it took me an hour per two valvesprings and then when i figured it out halfway through it took me an hour and a half to finish the last 8....my car had 93k on the clock and the pulley wasnt that hard at all...i was surprised
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Originally Posted by Quick 99
i really didnt think the pully was that bad, you need to buy a puller or rent one, goes smooth, the springs were a pain and holing up the lifters while sawpping the cam is kinda nerve wrecking, if one fell...
heres the text from the magazine:
"Before you remove the cam, spin it around a few times by hand. This pushes all of the lifters up where they are locked in place in a lifter tray. This means you do not have to pull the intake and valley cover off to remove each lifter! Removing and installing the cam is straightforward. Besure to use the supplied lube on the cam bearings and each lobe. NOte that the Gen III cams are hollow for rotating weight savings and feature largerer diameter bearing journals."
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the valve springs are time consuming, but really not too hard... holding our breath about the lifters falling on the passenger side was an experience. We used pen magnets on that side, and the lifter still didn't feel too solid in those trays... getting the cam lined up dot-to-dot is also time consuming.
For the most part, the cam/valvespring swap isn't that hard, just takes time and patience.
For the most part, the cam/valvespring swap isn't that hard, just takes time and patience.
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Originally Posted by un4giv3n
i just read a magazine where they.....
Originally Posted by un4giv3n
"Before you remove the cam, spin it around a few times by hand. This pushes all of the lifters up where they are locked in place in a lifter tray. This means you do not have to pull the intake and valley cover off to remove each lifter!
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don't believe everything you read.....
yea, that can work, or one might fall...and thats a bitch. do yourself a favor and get yourself the lifter tool from thunder(or anyone else that sells it) or make your own. ensures you don't drop a lifter(which is, again, a bitch).
yea, that can work, or one might fall...and thats a bitch. do yourself a favor and get yourself the lifter tool from thunder(or anyone else that sells it) or make your own. ensures you don't drop a lifter(which is, again, a bitch).
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Thanks for the replies fellas!
Did anyone struggle with the radiator removal? I have a FTRA installed and I was wondering if that will need to be removed, or if it will make it tougher to remove the radiator? It's been a few years since I installed the FTRA and I forgot how it's positioned, relative to the radiator.
Did anyone struggle with the radiator removal? I have a FTRA installed and I was wondering if that will need to be removed, or if it will make it tougher to remove the radiator? It's been a few years since I installed the FTRA and I forgot how it's positioned, relative to the radiator.