Cam Dowel Pin broke off? Is it needed?
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Rebuilding an LS1 for a friend, when I took the cam sprocket off the pin broke off in the sprocket and cam. It came out of the sprocket but it's tight in the cam. I see it happened to alot of people on here, is it needed or can I line up the holes and tighten her down? If not can I knock the pin in the hole more and put in a new pin or is there a step in the dowel hole that stops it from going back more?? What are my options?
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Id probably bring it to a machine shop, if even a degree or two makes a difference with cam's, I wouldnt **** around with it. You could drill it out, and then get a new cam pin and press it in there. Its worth that effort to potentialy save your valvetrain.
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Cuz I tried centerpunching it and drilling it and trying to punch it out from the backside hole but it didn't make a dent
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I just need to know if there's a step in the pin hole that the pin can be bottomed out at or will I be able to knock the pin into the cam more?? I don't want to be whaling on the pin for hours if it's bottomed out on a little step that I don't know about
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