If its not one thing, Its another. (QUestion about Cam gears)

[Justin]

I was sitting at a light and a grinding noise started. At first I just figured it was a pump or something, no biggie... I pulled into my buddies house which is where I was going in the first place and popped the hood. When I rested my hand on the cam cover I knew right away it wasn't something simple. I felt the grinding through my hand. I have a clear cover so I checked the gears with my flash light and saw one wobbling like a grocery cart wheel and the belt worked itself to the plate behind the gears. Uh oh...

I pulled the cam cover off and checked the bolt... it was VERY loose. Tightened it, started the car and the belt fixed itself right away and the noise went away. It was then I noticed the gear is bent.

I'm kinda worried about the cams now... the intake gear is bent, and it looks like the exhaust gear might be every so slightly wobbling * So slightly its hardly even noticeable *

My question is, with the gear being bent so much it'd loosen itself off the cam, could i have caused any damage? Bending the cam or anything?


Also, are there any other options for aftermarket gears other than AEM or Unorth.?

 

[IJ.]

Loctite and a torque wrench.....

You may have stretched the inside bore of the Cam Pully, seriously doubt you'd bend a Cam as they break easily.

 

[Selz202]

Titan motorsports has some gears that are very sweet looking. Those and unorth. are the only ones that i know of that are worth it...

I doubt you bent the cams... those things are beasts... and pretty tolerable. But its something you would have to wait to see...

Also i have a set of cams and cam gears if you need em...

 

[Justin]

Loctite and a torque wrench.....

You may have stretched the inside bore of the Cam Pully, seriously doubt you'd bend a Cam as they break easily.

I did... I was EXTREMELY meticulous when building this engine, I checked EVERYTHING more times than I can count... if I had the slightest doubt i missed something, I checked it... That bolt was DEFINATLY loctited, and torqued when the engine was dropped in 2k miles ago.

I'm going to pick up some aftermarket ones for the bling factor, and be set... fuckin sucksk though cuz I'm nto going to be able to drive to Vancouver I'll just ride along with my buddies.

 

[Selz202]

dude ill give you those cam gears if you pay for shipping... i can have them there in a couple days...

remember im only on the other side of the state...

 

[IJ.]

Justin: I have 15.000 KM's at least on my AEM's with 0 issues!

Not sure what's going on with yours....

Maybe a dirty thread in the Cam nose gave you a false reading on the Tq Wrench?

 

[Justin]

dude ill give you those cam gears if you pay for shipping... i can have them there in a couple days...

remember im only on the other side of the state...

Naw, its fine, I want to pick up some aftermarket ones I have an extra one laying around, this is just a great excuse Thank you much though.


IJ, I'm sure it came loose because the gear is bent, at least thatmakes sense to me *but that's not saying much*