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#35291 07/21/2004 5:45 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 | putting cam into 235 block. Pros, cons of either way? Crankshaft gear was not removed. It's a fiber gear. Thanks | | |
#35292 07/21/2004 5:57 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | Press the gear onto the cam before you install it. There's a danger of doing damage toithe thrust palte, etc., if you try to force it on after the cam is installed. Be sure to put the thrust plate on before installing the gear, though! It's nearly impossible to remove the new gear without damaging it if you forget to put the thrust plate on before installing it!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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#35293 07/21/2004 6:29 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 | Trying to get the thrust plate off of the old cam now. Doubt I'll be able to do it without bending it. May have to take trip to the machine shop. Seems theres always something to hold ya up when there's time to get to it. | | |
#35294 07/21/2004 7:08 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | Does the old cam have a fiber gear? If so, just break the gear off the hub with a hammer, then split the hub with a chisel. The thrust plate will lift right off once you've got the gear off.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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#35295 07/21/2004 7:56 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 252 | Well, sadly it's too late, have to find another thrust plate. Tried the three arm puller, watching carefully not to bend the plate. Imagine my surprise when the Bas#@7% shattered. I wouldnt have imagined that plate was cast. Hopefully someone else will learn from my mistake. | | |
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