Cam Install, More Problems
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Just want to let you guys know that I got the cam gear and timing chain lined-up, torqued, and Loctited.
An observation, when I first tried to get the cam gear to slip onto the cam's dowel, my natural tendency was to stretch the chain as much as I could, by lifting it straight up, thinking I needed to in order to mate the gear to the cam, but it finally dawned on me that I should try lowering the gear, slackening the chain, and sure enough the gear slipped right on. Then I rotated the crank, by hand, 360* to see if the crank and cam gear dots lined up.
After I remove the last two spark plugs I'm calling it a day. I'll be happy knowing that the cam install is 100% finished, and I'll be ready to jump right into the spring swap.
Last, but not least, I want to thank you guys, AGAIN, for bailing me out over and over. I don't think I'd have the cam installed without your help. This is a tremendous resource, and so many folks here REALLY know their stuff.
Thanks!
An observation, when I first tried to get the cam gear to slip onto the cam's dowel, my natural tendency was to stretch the chain as much as I could, by lifting it straight up, thinking I needed to in order to mate the gear to the cam, but it finally dawned on me that I should try lowering the gear, slackening the chain, and sure enough the gear slipped right on. Then I rotated the crank, by hand, 360* to see if the crank and cam gear dots lined up.
After I remove the last two spark plugs I'm calling it a day. I'll be happy knowing that the cam install is 100% finished, and I'll be ready to jump right into the spring swap.
Last, but not least, I want to thank you guys, AGAIN, for bailing me out over and over. I don't think I'd have the cam installed without your help. This is a tremendous resource, and so many folks here REALLY know their stuff.
Thanks!
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Joined: Jun 2002
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Thanks a lot PZ!
I'm looking forward to some good numbers.
BTW, in retrospect, you were 100% correct about making a cam tool rather than buying a JPR. Let's see, $85 for the JPR tool, about $50 for pen magnets (which I ended up using instead of the JPR tool), and total of about $135 wasted compared to a few bucks for 5/16" stock and no need for pen magnets. I shoulda listened.
I'm looking forward to some good numbers.
BTW, in retrospect, you were 100% correct about making a cam tool rather than buying a JPR. Let's see, $85 for the JPR tool, about $50 for pen magnets (which I ended up using instead of the JPR tool), and total of about $135 wasted compared to a few bucks for 5/16" stock and no need for pen magnets. I shoulda listened.
