[Vwdiesel] Camshaft problems ---( Rabbits 1977 to 1984 )

[H . Hagar.]

The slipping Spocket mystery .-----  we are getting close to solving the problem.

Chuckie   ---   you know how dear your wife (the teach) and you are to me  ---so there was
NO intention of teasing.

As it  happened the possible reason just came to me -----before pushing the send button.

And I still have a lot of computer problems ----   like Shalyns diesels or
worse.

I have a sponge of a brain , and  all the threads from ALL the members are instantly accessible
in my brain.  Sort of like Photographic memory ---- or   Total recall.

So I remember   Val Christian saying that a VW installed sprocket slipped. ----Val got a 1977 VW
diesels  brand new.--------, . I personally have had NO problems  ----so for a long time it was
NOT on my top priority.

Then years later    Mark Shepherd   mentioned bolt bottoming out ?    ----wow I have to find out..
So I went downstairs and picked up a cam -----     hole was 1.6 inch US deep..

BUT    this morning I went down and grabbed the sprocket. ----and low and behold   ----the butt end of the
cam is very close to the face of the sprocket. ------LESS than 40  thou inch us.   .

That makes for a very "Critical"   dimention.       ------SO tighten bolt and remove and measure.
IF flush ? you got problems -----READ MY LIPS.       A  1000 foot    pounds torque would never fix
that sprocket to shaft.

Problem could be a PO installed sprocket or  a   VW mistake.

To make measurement VALID    tighten to specks only  ----at least  --- at first.

Hagar.