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Old 10-09-2020, 02:25 PM   #69
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Default Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE

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Originally Posted by Russ/40 View Post
About advancing the cam. The cam gear is a bolt on and will fit only one way. I would have to pull the cam and gear forward enough to clear the crank gear before I could retard the cam. All the lifters would drop off the cam lobes, and the engine would have to have the heads and valve assemblies pulled to reinsert the cam. So, would elongation of the cam gear mounting holes be a reliable option to eliminate the necessity of pulling the cam? Should one be comfortable with the holding power of the 4 bolts to hold the cam long term?
If you are wanting to move it one tooth on the cam gear, wouldn't you unbolt the cam gear, reinstall it one tooth over, align the camshaft with the cam gear and bolt it back up?
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