clamping

[sme]

how do you lot tighten down the cam shafts so the clamps can get bolted down.
and lining up the c/shafts so they don't move

[hillbilly]

tighten the right hand side down first,(not all at once)but more that side,it will all come good.

[kev edwards]

According to the manuals it's the left side first and i have always done it this way myself without any problems.

[hillbilly]

my mistake.i new it was one of them.

[Al]

If you have access to a vice a welder and a hacksaw you could knock up something like this in about an hour.





AL

[ADRIAN H]

If you have access to a vice a welder and a hacksaw you could knock up something like this in about an hour.





AL

I like that a lot, definately goes on my wish list.

[sme]

i like the clamp girders you've made there!
built to last,

might try and see what i can use

[Al]

For now it may help to say that previously i used the open end of a 19mm combination spanner (vertically) to press down on the end of the camshaft and do up the bolts with the other hand.

The gadget above will help to place or remove the shafts but when replacing them you still need to push the shafts down manually to compress the springs whilst tightening the nut or run the risk of breaking the head casting.
The good thing is that it is narrow enough to guide the cams vertically into their seat without them rotating.

You need to make an allowance for the amount of rotation you will get when lowering them into place to achieve correct alignment, and from memory its about four of five teeth rotation as it lowers down!!!

Hope that makes sense.

AL