Grumpyduck Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Having always followed the instructions in the Haynes/Workshop manuals slavishly for the last 20 years I would like to know if anyone has discovered the secret to installing camshafts..? Following the instructions, you lay the ex cam' in the head with the 1 facing forward and the 2 facing up then count 15 pins and lay in the in cam' etc etc... Then fit the cam holders, tightening in sequence.... at this point it all becomes hit and miss, my previous experience tells me its just pot luck as to whether you can do all the tightening without the shafts moving or jumping a chain pin (thus messing up timing). Am I missing something? Is there a magic way of insuring no movement? As always advice grareceived recieved. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V6Jon Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Could you not put a cable tie through the cam sprocket to hold the chain in place ?? Sure that was what i did when I removed the CCT and fitted the new manual one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpyduck Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Could you not put a cable tie through the cam sprocket to hold the chain in place ?? This is what I mean...magic solutions.. can't think why I never thought about doing that. Cheers Jon. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V6Jon Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Just over three years and 700 hundred posts and I have finally said something useful ! Maybe I should just leave now, you know, go out on a high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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