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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: pariah on December 16, 2006, 08:56:23 pm

Title: cam position
Post by: pariah on December 16, 2006, 08:56:23 pm

so my bently said in regards to TDC with the cam pully that i should take the valve cover off and the # 1 lobes should be apoximately pointing up... im cool with that but there is like 3 or 4 teeth play on the timing belt where the lobes are not engaging ..... there seems to be no mark on the pully call it good? help :) :?:

Title: Re: cam position
Post by: Kudagra on December 16, 2006, 09:04:31 pm

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so my bently said in regards to TDC with the cam pully that i should take the valve cover off and the # 1 lobes should be apoximately pointing up... im cool with that but there is like 3 or 4 teeth play on the timing belt where the lobes are not engaging ..... there seems to be no mark on the pully call it good? help :) :?:

Ya ever look up timing tools on Ebay...there is a little flat peice of metal. That fits in the slot on the back of the cam and keeps it level with the gasket sealing surface. Get that slot pretty level with the lobes up and you should be in the area you want. But its best to be acurate..so make one of those tools.

Title: cam position
Post by: jtanguay on December 16, 2006, 09:05:05 pm

on the opposite end of the camshaft there is a place for a key.  did you buy a timing kit?  i guess you could shim some pieces of something in there to 'lock' the cam, but its best if you buy one of those kits off ebay or whatever.  the kit I bought had this seriously tight cam locking tool... needed a hammer to install it and remove it!!!  (tighter is better  :lol: )

Title: cam position
Post by: Turbinepowered on December 16, 2006, 09:26:35 pm

Quote from: "jtanguay"

(tighter is better  :lol: )

In the words of a relative of mine: "If it's tight, it's right."  :D

Title: thnks
Post by: pariah on December 17, 2006, 06:42:06 am

hey thanks i feel like an idot somtimes but i really appreciate you guys helping

Title: timing tools
Post by: jimfoo on December 17, 2006, 09:45:54 pm

I bought my IP timing tools from this place. They had better prices than anything I saw on e-bay  http://www.emiata.com/DieselVW/
I already had the cam tool, IP pin, belt tool and belt tension gauge, so I
didn't get any of them, but they have a great price in the whole kit for
$79. Well, they don't sell the belt tension gauge, but everything else.

Title: cam position
Post by: burn_your_money on December 17, 2006, 11:30:05 pm

I never use timing tools, only the guage. I line the cam up by eye and use a deep socket to hold the IP roughly in place. I just make sure that when I put the belt on the pulley that it's perfectly lined up. 3 timing belt changes so far without a problem.
The only tool that I want is the tension gauge