Cam timing in the 10V turbo motor

[Kneale Brownson]

I don't remember there being a separate key in the harmonic damper.  I
thought the key was machined into the hub itself.


At 04:04 PM 9/12/2006 -0400, Dave C wrote:
>Neale wrote ...
>"There is a history of the woodruff key in the camshaft pulley shearing or
>disintegrating.  On our 86 4kq, there was no key in place when I did the
>timing belt the first time."
>
>>Ameer wrote...*
>*>>* I was wondering if anyone ever had any experience with the cam timing
>*>>* on the 10V turbo motor. I think I may be off by a tooth or two.
>
>*
>Neale, et al,
>
>There is also a history of the crankshaft pulley (harmonic balancer)
>woodruff key shearing.  This can be due to insufficient torque on the crank
>bolt.  Some people suggest it could also be caused by >not< using the
>special crank locking tool... torquing the crank bolt could force some
>slippage of the harmonic balancer with damage to the key.  The special tool
>actually locks the harmonic balancer whereas many of the alternate methods
>lock other engine components such as the flywheel.
>
>Scott Mockry has a great write-up including excellent photos on setting the
>timing marks for this motor posted at...
>http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/eng.html#tim
>
>In addition to the marks on the cam pulley and flywheel there is also a mark
>on the distributor yo might want to check.
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>Dave C.
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