[V8] Simple TB Change

[R Broberg]

New belt has same number of teeth as old belt.  Would you change the
relationship between the cams by a half notch, especially given that the new
belt will stretch just like the old one?  When I take off the old belt that
I put on 60+K miles ago the marks I put on the cam sprockets and the engine
remain quite the same.  To me, the danger of loosening the sprockets and
getting them wrong is far more dangerous than being a fraction of a notch
off.  270K miles of reliability and economy did not prove me wrong.
Roland

Roland Broberg
Broberg Engineering-BECO
Delafield. Wisconsin USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <kneale at coslink.net>
To: "Jeff Goldberg" <gold123 at ntelos.net>; "@V8 list" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] Simple TB Change


> I believe this is why the manual calls for loosening the cam pulley bolts
> so the pulleys can turn freely while the belt is tensioned.
>
> At 08:07 AM 10/7/2005 -0400, Jeff Goldberg wrote:
> >If the cam pulleys are tight how do you properly tension the section of
belt
> >between the cams?  It would seem possible that manufacturing differences
> >from one belt to the next could allow the cams to roll slightly when the
> >engine is first run if the pulleys are not allowed to rotate independent
of
> >the cams when the belt is tensioned.  This may be why listers are finding
> >cams slightly out of sync when trying to install cam locking plates.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >> I don't understand why everyone spends so much time with the
> >> cam locks and,
> >> worse yet, taking off the cam sprockets.
> >
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