[Vwdiesel] Camshaft sprocket slip ---- ( " The Final Solution " ).

[H . Hagar.]

I Hagar joyned this discussion in may 2005  ------- when it got to the "Expert"  stage.

Intending to give my best to newbies ---   well if you are a newbie   ?  and NOT paranoid ?
better start NOW.

As a newbie you are likely to forget  ---the GOLDEN rule -------you want to get going ?  RIGHT ?.

Rule ?      here it is  :       Do NOT do as I DO , DO as I should have done.   -----naw just kidding.

Rule:    double check  , triple check  and then check again.    before hitting that START button.

Read what the "Experts"    have to say about the slipping  camshaft sprocket.        ---and here they are
IMHO  . :        Val Christian , James Hansen , Mark Shepherd , Loren , Hagar ,  and a few FEW more.

I  Hagar have no problems with a slipping Camshaft sprocket Tale ----  BUT a slipping
Crankshaft sprocket ?  ---that one  is a   NO NO .       Could only happen if not  installed
correctly   to start with . (  Rabbits 1977 to 1984 ).        The bolt ?     put BLUE   Locktite on it
and tighten to spec.  ---Remember to put in the key..       IMHO IT will never slip.

If turning engine by socket set (like I DO ?)      --turn   in direction of tightening only.     ---Unless the
Injectors are out.

Like James Hansen   I have looked at the taper angle , total Wetted area   and pitch on
bolt thread and tightening torque   (  34 foot lps ? )   ----camshaft sprocket slip ?  ----
IMHO     NEVER if done to German specs.  -----   Use steel blue ink    it should   show
100% contact   between sprocket and  ---Camshaft.    -----When installing do not
forget to give sprocket a little tap    ---on final   tightening.

Hagar.

PS :   has Hagar had a VW  thing slip ?  ---NEVER  --- BUT   other tapers and sprockets
?    ---too many to mention.  ---BUT NEVER one that I installed.      Remember
flywheel magnetos ?   shearing the keys and so on ? if you understand  that.     --Then you know
that tapers DO slip and even break the keys.

footnote :    If Val Christian say that he had a VW installed  camshaft sprocket slip ?
I believe him.  -----Them Germans are good  ---BUT NOT perfect.