Re: Hydraulic pump rebuild - Day 9

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: Hydraulic pump rebuild - Day 9


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>
>Speaking of which (and the true reason for my visit) - how do the
>assembled multitude hold the cam gear immobile while removing/replacing
>the bolt?  The book says to use the upper cam cover retaining stud and
>a screwdriver - quite the most impractical and nonsensical piece of
>advice in any Audi publication.  With access from the front (aux.
>radiator removed) I have a steel drift that locks the gear via the
>observation window behind it.  But has anyone found something that will
>just grip or block the wheel?
>
>--


    I use a 12mm allen wrench about 7" long. Put the short leg through a
hole in the cam gear, the end of the long leg against the alternator
mounting boss, and the cam bolt is easily loosened or tightened.

Fred Munro
'91 200q  269k km