What's the Cam Gear Trick?

[tiger]

I'm trying to get my cam gears on.. I know there's a trick to getting them on... can anyone help me out?

[InsanityInc]

There's no... trick, really. You rotate the cam so you line up the alignment pin with the notch in the gear, and then you just shove it back on. You may have to wiggle the cam around a bit to get the pin to go in just right. It's a very tight fit.

[TrueSlide]

Just a question, is the cam and chain already in the car, did you unbolt it and now want to slap it straight on?

Is it possible to do with the tensioner active?

[tiger]

no, I put it on correctly... i got it on today ... but the thing is... the car is running SO nasty and the computer is throwing a code for the Cam angle sensor... the car will lope and idle real nasty and then shut off... I just rebuilt this motor and got it time.. the timing has to be right.. .yall have any idea?

[InsanityInc]

no, I put it on correctly... i got it on today ... but the thing is... the car is running SO nasty and the computer is throwing a code for the Cam angle sensor... the car will lope and idle real nasty and then shut off... I just rebuilt this motor and got it time.. the timing has to be right.. .yall have any idea?

If it's throwing a code for your cam angle sensor, then your cam angle sensor is probably malfunctioning....

Quote »Just a question, is the cam and chain already in the car, did you unbolt it and now want to slap it straight on?

Is it possible to do with the tensioner active?[/quote]I've removed and replaced the cam sprockets a number of times with the tensioner active.

[tiger]

HMMM. Well, I have been banging on the distributor a little bit... I put the cams in correctly.. just like on JWT writeup.. the dots are in the same exact places. The first thing I thought about this morning when I opened my eyes was my engine. I may go back to my car today (it's at my dad's house) , clear the codes and check them again.. If the CAS is not working then.... how could my car know when to fire, hah! I will see.. thank all of you for your responses.

[InsanityInc]

Wait.. you have a KA... KAs don't have cam angle sensors... they only have a crank angle sensor which is in the distributor. If you've been hitting the distributor with a hammer, you probably messed it up. You shouldn't need a hammer to get it in. It will be very hard to put in unless the pinion gears are lined up, and if you've had the distributor in and out without resetting or even checking the timing and have been hitting it with a hammer, chances are you'll need a timing light AND a new distributor.

Like I said in the other thread, if this is the car with 4 unplugged holes in the intake manifold, then that's your problem. You need to seal those holes.

[tiger]

I fixed it YAAAAAAHOOO

[InsanityInc]

So i'm guessing the vacuum leak was the problem? Your distributor was probably off, too, from R&Ring it so much.

[jgtc_s14]

are u a girl, that actually works on her car ohh man thats Hott

[tiger]

haha.. thank u :-) I haven't been able to keep my hands and fingernails clean this whole week.. argh.. and tomorrow I go back to fix a small coolant leak. then i'm good to go, my baby will be back on the road!

[grimple1]

not trying to hijack the thread or nothin' but do the s13 and s14s share the same cam gears?

[GhostDriver]

If the camshafts are interchangeable then I guess the cams might be as well.

[DjPantsSpecR]

yeah, identical

[Chezedik]

The distributor is the CAS. It is not a distributor because it tells the ECU when to inject. It uses a very fragile optical tone wheel and sensor to do this, so I hope you didn't damage the sensor.