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iTrader: (3)

Hey guys,

I recently had to do an engine rebuild because of the bolts holding the cam gear backing out on me. I've heard of several other cases where they were Loc-Tite'd and torqued appropriately but they backed out anyway. I run my engine pretty hard, so I'm concerned about this happening again.

Is there any reason I couldn't safety wire a couple of the bolts?

JPH

iTrader: (2)

red loctite, or green and 26 ft. lbs, should be good enough.

Gauge

iTrader: (3)

What about using ARP bolts? Should they have a different torque spec? There was no literature with them indicating as such.

JPH

iTrader: (2)

awesome, same ones i use every time i do a cam swap. the trq is still the same. 26 ft. lbs. with red loctite.

GuitsBoy

iTrader: (4)

I looked around for the loctite with the highest heat rating... I havnt had a problem since the first time they backed out. Got at least 20K miles on my current H/C. Make sure you hit the bolts and threaded holed with brake cleaner to make sure they're dry and the loctite can grab well.

Gauge

iTrader: (3)

I used laquer(sp?) thinner on 'em. I hope that was good enough.

GuitsBoy

iTrader: (4)

Anything to cut the grease. Should be fine.

vettenuts

iTrader: (4)

ARP with Red Loctite here as well, it is recommended for cam gears and the heat capability is likely why it is over the blue 242. No problems here, although I have never tried to get it apart either.