my cam progress pics
PLEASE DO NOT BEAT ON IT!! Get a longer crank bolt and pull it on with a socket and breaker bar..using the longer bolt will insure that you do not pull out any threads when first starting to pull it on..after you get it on a ways you can use your old crank bolt the breaker bar and a pipe extention for more leverage to tighten it ... torque it to 235 ft lbs and then take out the old bolt and put the new bolt in and torque to 37 ft lbs and then back to the breaker bar and entention and crank it 140 degrees and you are done with it... 
Originally Posted by stangkiller2005
i still say ordering that tool is the best,fastest, and easiest way to go. took me like 20 min to get it all the way done.
That means it took you 15 minutes longer than me..
.. you can use a longer bolt or a piece of of threaded stock with a couple of thick washers and and a nut..there is a guy on ls1tech that sells those too..the least expensive way it to get a good quality longer bolt and have at it..this is not like working on the space shuttle or anything..everyone on here acks like this is some kind of mystic science project.. 
.. it is just a simple deal..installing a crank pulley.. 
Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
Or just get an ARP bolt and torque it to specs. Its much easier
I buy new OEM crank bolts for $2.77 a piece..they seem like a good deal to me seeing as I have never had one fail me yet..last time I put on a crank pulley it took me all of 5 minutes to do it..
.. i got teh longer bolt at a local construction center and a washer and a tq wrench to tourqe it to 240 or what ever so ill just do what ls1howto says and ill update you after that its tq the timing cover then radiator then start up
Originally Posted by CASHss99
i got teh longer bolt at a local construction center and a washer and a tq wrench to tourqe it to 240 or what ever so ill just do what ls1howto says and ill update you after that its tq the timing cover then radiator then start up
the thing bout the tool i keep recomending.. is its all ready to go... just put it on.. and start turning it...no running to find the rite stuff...and i already loaned it out.. and got my money back that i paid for it...so it basically paid for itself...
Originally Posted by slt200mph
I buy new OEM crank bolts for $2.77 a piece..they seem like a good deal to me seeing as I have never had one fail me yet..last time I put on a crank pulley it took me all of 5 minutes to do it.. ..
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damn this is the most intense thread i have read in a long time, the way you guys help him its like your standin there watchin lol. im savin up for heads/cam for my car, i think i will document it just like this
Originally Posted by CASHss99
how much rtv do i need to put the front cover on?
But hopefully you got it on OK.