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Cam thrust washer orientation/sprocket parallelism
with all this cam talk...
for the thrust washer and spacers, one side of my thrust washer is beveled and the other is flat... I installed it so that beveled end in INTO the engine with the spacers on the flat side...its this correct??? also I HATE to be such a numbnuts but I was going to install the new 964 cams without measuring sprocket parallel-ism... is it a sin? I know super did it without it and used the factory 3R4L spacers...mine came with 4 on each side when I disassembled. Should I go through the trouble of buying the tool and taking off the engine mount and measuring??? MJ |
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11-22-2002, 05:03 PM
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Mike,
You *should* check the parallelism when installing a new cam. You don't need any special tools, just a good straight-edge (machinists rule) and a vernier caliper. BA's book describes the procedure very well.
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11-22-2002, 05:19 PM
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you should, but if the engine was just disassembled for the first time, and you made a note of how many shims were on each side, you should be fine reassembling it the same way. the bevel goes toward the cam, shims on the outside.
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11-22-2002, 05:36 PM
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well this project was supposed to be 2 weeks...with school and go-karting it's become 2 months...ack...I guess I will do the measurements...just to be safe...
thanks... MJ |
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