[V8] cams wont budge

[Scott DeWitt]

If you get the caps reversed on a VAG product, the cap will break.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Simmons" <indischrot at gmail.com>
To: "Andrew Schlueter" <andyschlueter at 4techwork.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] cams wont budge


> 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.
>>
>>Andrew W. Schlueter
>>'90 V8 MQuattro MSnS-E
>>'90 Jetta VR6TT Quattro
>>HYPERLINK "http://www.westmotorsports.biz"www.westmotorsports.biz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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