[Vwdiesel] Oddity....

[mark shepherd]

You'd have to look on a FIAT diesel for a key on the cam, and that is a 
round peg in a somewhat oversized hole...

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt Nolte" <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "vw fans" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Oddity....


>
> Not really an oddity at all. So far as I know, there isn't supposed to be 
> a key there, just like there isn't one on the IDI engines.
>
> The sprocket just has a taper lock on the camshaft, rather than being 
> pinned, so you can adjust the camshaft to crankshaft relationship however 
> you must so as not to have valves meet pistons.
>
> Kurt
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Stephen Kraus" <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 19:10
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Oddity....
> To: "vw fans" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>
> So I am disassembling my 98 TDI when I pulled the camshaft gear....and 
> there
> is no KEY! They keyway hole is on the camshaft side, but the gear is 
> smooth,
> no place for a key at all!
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