Cam is missing a chunk - Do I need to replace it
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Cam is missing a chunk - Do I need to replace it Okay, in an effort to change my oil pump. I have removed my s/c, radiator, water pump, pulleys and front timing cover. I did the pulley and timing cover removal from under the car. My husband walks out and says "did ya notice your missing a chunk from your cam?" I get out of under the car and this is what i see.
How bad is it and how badly if any will this affect my car?
How bad is it and how badly if any will this affect my car?
Is that a stock cam??? If so then I would just go get a 02 Z06 Cam or something similar... I'm not so sure that I would run it that way... God I wish that I had a gf like you... I can't even hardly get mine to ride in the car after I put my own blower on.. =) Goodluck to you and let us know how it turned out...
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Tomorrow I will call the shop up that built it (i bought it this way - long story) and see what cam its running. If it is stock I have one or two stockers lating around the house. Lord, I am affraid to keep taking shiat apart. I dont wanna find any more broken parts. The whole point of me doing this project was to save money LOL
Heck if its gotta get fixed might as well do it as my car is dismantled. I have 3 boxes of parts i ripped out and like 10 baggies full of nut bolts washers and screws. (But i named everything with stickies so I wouldnt forget)
Heck if its gotta get fixed might as well do it as my car is dismantled. I have 3 boxes of parts i ripped out and like 10 baggies full of nut bolts washers and screws. (But i named everything with stickies so I wouldnt forget)
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that looks like the crank to me. 
That is the crank snout. If your cam was sticking that far out of your engine you'd be in big trouble 
You said you have a s/c. Is it possible that someone maybe started to key the crank for it, and gave up?
You said you have a s/c. Is it possible that someone maybe started to key the crank for it, and gave up?
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Originally Posted by keliente
That is the crank snout. If your cam was sticking that far out of your engine you'd be in big trouble
You said you have a s/c. Is it possible that someone maybe started to key the crank for it, and gave up?
You said you have a s/c. Is it possible that someone maybe started to key the crank for it, and gave up?
I think you maybe right. There was no pin for indexing it. I was under the car and no pin came/fell out. And I use a piece of card board under my car to slide in and out and i bag and tag everything that comes out of the engine so, i dont forget what it was. I am pretty organized when it comes to working on her.
I can only imagine someone tried indexing it and stopped. I called up the shop that built the car and the reffered me to the shop that built the engine. He says he is gonna try to go thru his files and see what he remembers from this engine as it was built like amost 2 years ago.
The shop that built the engone is like 400 miles north of me. Maybe I will take more pics while the sun is up. I guess I will have to put my project on hold till I figuire this thing out. Sucks.
Thanks for the help folks.
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UPDATE:
Okay, its the snout and its got a crack. I can live with that. But, I did notice that the pin used to keep the dampner moving with the crank actually broke and is stuck in the crank flush against the crank. So i have no way of grasping it to pull it out. I ran my finger thru the square whole in the ati super dampner and there were shards of metal. Probably from the pin the broke off.
Any thoughts on how to get it out since there is no way of grabbing it?
Thanks,
Crystal
Okay, its the snout and its got a crack. I can live with that. But, I did notice that the pin used to keep the dampner moving with the crank actually broke and is stuck in the crank flush against the crank. So i have no way of grasping it to pull it out. I ran my finger thru the square whole in the ati super dampner and there were shards of metal. Probably from the pin the broke off.
Any thoughts on how to get it out since there is no way of grabbing it?
Thanks,
Crystal
