Broken Cam Pulley, AAN

[AUDIJIM at aol.com]

I need a new cam gear/toothed belt pulley for my miserable S4. I installed 
all the lifters today. After I torqued all the cam bearing caps down. I 
reinstalled the old timing belt to hand spin the engine a couple of times before I 
replaced the timing belt and water pump. I was turning the engine by the crank 
bolt. Everything seemed fine until I realized that everything was turning except 
the cams (the valve cover was still off) The little tit that slides into the 
cam sheered off of the cam gear. I removed the cam gear from my spare AAN and 
I sheered that one off as well. I am so pissed off that I'm almost laughing 
about it. I even removed the spark plugs before I started so I could see #1 TDC 
and so release any compression while I turned the engine by hand. I'll order 
two new ones on Monday. I was thinking of TIG welding the little piece that 
broke off the gear, but I'm out of time for today and I'll try not to be so angry 
for the rest of today and especially tomorrow. I'll have to wait until Monday.

Happy Christmas/Merry New Year!

Angry Jim
//S4cylinder