Tool VW544 and cam sprocket removal...

[ed armstrong]

I used a long solid screw driver through the cam
sprocket, through the rear cam cover (small hole) to
the engine lift strap above the water inlet on the
head. Also worked like a charm although the cam cover
got slightly up bent.

 -ed



--- Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I used a 14 mm Allen wrench, Gerard. I put the short
> leg through a hole in
> the cam sprocket and the long leg against something
> solid. Worked like a
> charm.
> 
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerard" <gerard at poboxes.com>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:42 AM
> Subject: Tool VW544 and cam sprocket removal...
> 
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > This has to do with the engine I recently got back
> that had different
> > cam and crank pulleys when compared with the water
> pump pulley. I am
> > going for the super-torque items. Last night at
> 12:30 I crawled out to
> > the garage and had a go at removing the cam
> pulley. No luck whatsoever.
> >
> > How do I remove the cam pulley when there is no
> belt, no distributor and
> > almost nothing to lever up against and the bolt
> seems pretty tight? I
> > looked in the Bentley books and it simply shows
> the use of tool VW544,
> > which looks like a C-spanner, to hold the pulley
> by its arms. What's the
> > best method if you don't have this tool? I tried a
> screwdriver wedged
> > between a stud and the pulley teeth, but it
> slipped with an almight
> > bang. I didn't see a quick wedge point to jam the
> pulley.
> >
> > Any suggestions on a safe method with the cam
> still in the head?
> >
> > Perhaps a screwdriver wedged in somewhere?
> >
> > G.
> >
> 


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