[V8] cams wont budge

Scott Simmons indischrot at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 21:13:15 EDT 2007


Andrew,

    I know on other vehicles that the cams will bind if the caps are not 
put back on the exact (or correct) place they were before. 
~SS

Andrew Schlueter wrote:

>i just a timing belt job on my v8, advanced the intake cams 3deg. Before I pulled the cams out, i could spin them slightly, now i cant budge them. Everything is are torqued down to 11ft lbs. Am I missing something? I am trying to turn them by hand. Chains are real tight too.
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