Another 'never trust someone else's work' find...
#1
Another 'never trust someone else's work' find...
Well I was pulling my cam (TR230 installed by previous owner) for a swap...found a dowel looking thingy on the oil drain plug. Prior to pulling the cam, the car threw a cam sensor code. Then one time it back fired/missed on start up.
When I went to unbolt the cam gear the bolts were LOOSE!! and the cam dowel was sheared off!!
Can you imagine the carnage if this thing would have let go, on the juice, WOT half-way down the track!!
When I went to unbolt the cam gear the bolts were LOOSE!! and the cam dowel was sheared off!!
Can you imagine the carnage if this thing would have let go, on the juice, WOT half-way down the track!!
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Well I was pulling my cam (TR230 installed by previous owner) for a swap...found a dowel looking thingy on the oil drain plug. Prior to pulling the cam, the car threw a cam sensor code. Then one time it back fired/missed on start up.
When I went to unbolt the cam gear the bolts were LOOSE!! and the cam dowel was sheared off!!
Can you imagine the carnage if this thing would have let go, on the juice, WOT half-way down the track!!
When I went to unbolt the cam gear the bolts were LOOSE!! and the cam dowel was sheared off!!
Can you imagine the carnage if this thing would have let go, on the juice, WOT half-way down the track!!
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#6
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I'm surprised these aren't a more common item.
It would be cheap insurance against this ever happening.
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/com...-kit-5461.html
It would be cheap insurance against this ever happening.
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/com...-kit-5461.html
#7
I'm surprised these aren't a more common item.
It would be cheap insurance against this ever happening.
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/com...-kit-5461.html
It would be cheap insurance against this ever happening.
http://www.briantooleyracing.com/com...-kit-5461.html
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It definitely would have been a catastrophic engine failure if those cam sprocket bolts would have backed off or broken. You don't really realize how lucky you really are till you sit back and think about it a little bit.
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Glenn ***
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www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
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Glenn ***
Sales Tech
www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!