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#33145 01/16/2004 11:04 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 65 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 65 | Hey the Pork is back-
I need to install my new cam gear on my new cam. I placed the spacer ring and the thrust plate on the cam and then put the key in. Now the cam diameter is like .005 less than the diameter of the shaft. Any tips on getting the cam gear on? Can i just press it on or should i heat the hell out of it?
thanks
pork-
1959 Chevy Fleetside 3100 Series BBW
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#33146 01/17/2004 12:22 AM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | | | |
#33147 01/17/2004 12:24 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | I just had a Cloyes cam gear pressed onto a Howard's M4F 3/4 cam using a 20-ton hydraulic press per the instructions from the maintenance manual for my 261 chevy engine.
1954 GMC 1/2-ton Longbed
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
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#33148 01/17/2004 12:38 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 687 | Originally posted by porkchopstein:
Hey the Pork is back-
Can i just press it on or should i heat the hell out of it?
thanks
pork- I say both heat it, then press it on. That's what I did with the cam gear on my 292. 4+ months and no problems. -ftyler | | |
#33149 01/17/2004 2:15 AM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 33 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 33 | I just installed a new cam gear on a new cam, I let it boil in water for about 10 mins. Then used a 2 pound hammer with a block of wood, worked like butter.
Stock and loveing it.
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#33150 01/17/2004 7:45 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | The Chevy Inline 6 Power Manual (great book) says to put the cam in the freezer overnight, then heat the gear in the oven. Check out the book for the exact prodcedure, or ask over at inliners.org. | | |
#33151 01/17/2004 4:44 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 65 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 65 | Thanks for the reply's.
I think since I don't have access to a press that I will try sticking the cam in the freezer overnite and I will boil/bake the gear and try and pound it on. I'll let you know how i do!
pork-
1959 Chevy Fleetside 3100 Series BBW
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