reluctor wheel bolts backed out?!?
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reluctor wheel bolts backed out?!? my buddies ls2 motor started to throw a timing sensor code. we pulled the cam sensor to find the end had made slight contact with the reluctor wheel. we shimmed the new sensor. two days later (on the track) the car died. after getting it back to the shop, he pulled the front cover to find all the reluctor wheel bolts had backed out. (also noticed the main crank pulley bolt was loose.) metal shavings and granade pieces everywhere. motor is toast.
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
my buddies ls2 motor started to throw a timing sensor code. we pulled the cam sensor to find the end had made slight contact with the reluctor wheel. we shimmed the new sensor. two days later (on the track) the car died. after getting it back to the shop, he pulled the front cover to find all the reluctor wheel bolts had backed out. (also noticed the main crank pulley bolt was loose.) metal shavings and granade pieces everywhere. motor is toast.
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
my buddies ls2 motor started to throw a timing sensor code. we pulled the cam sensor to find the end had made slight contact with the reluctor wheel. we shimmed the new sensor. two days later (on the track) the car died. after getting it back to the shop, he pulled the front cover to find all the reluctor wheel bolts had backed out. (also noticed the main crank pulley bolt was loose.) metal shavings and granade pieces everywhere. motor is toast.
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
any thoughts as to how this happened? what would cause the reluctor wheel bolts to back out?
internally stock ls2 engine.
i have the same ls2 motor in my track rat....as in road race. what should i tear apart and replace as preventative? what should be inspected?
thanks, Jason
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no cam. motor had never been cracked open to our knowledge. just underpulley, headers, tune.
sorry for the confusion.
cam gear, just behind the front cover.
bolts backed out, causing cam gear (with reluctor type timing ridges) to hit the position sensor. ultimately all 3 bolts backed out, bounced around the motor. cam bear spun causing contact on multiple valves.
i have the same (24k mile) ls2 motor. again, underdrive pulley, light flywheel, headers and tune.
sorry for the confusion.
cam gear, just behind the front cover.
bolts backed out, causing cam gear (with reluctor type timing ridges) to hit the position sensor. ultimately all 3 bolts backed out, bounced around the motor. cam bear spun causing contact on multiple valves.
i have the same (24k mile) ls2 motor. again, underdrive pulley, light flywheel, headers and tune.
Ya know? I hate to call anybody an IDIOT, but a reluctor is anything that interrupts a magnetic field to generate a pulse. Doesn't matter if it's on a crank, distributor, cam gear, rear view mirror, or a monkey's *** cheek.
