Cam Install... Read this first.
Aug 21, 2006, 04:44 PM
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Very useful info. Thanks. Just finished my 272in 264ex install. No probs at all. No noisey lifters. Found a small allen key was ideal for bleeding the lifters. As advised, the first one feels a bit weird while you work out what is going on, but from there its fine.
Sep 17, 2006, 08:54 AM
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I didn't want to start a new thread, so I will ask here.
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams
(a few degree's off BTDC)
I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have.
Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?
Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams
(a few degree's off BTDC)I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have.
Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
Oct 2, 2006, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by vwjeff
I didn't want to start a new thread, so I will ask here.
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams (a few degree's off BTDC)
I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have. Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?
Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams
(a few degree's off BTDC)I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have.
Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
Nov 26, 2006, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by vwjeff
I didn't want to start a new thread, so I will ask here.
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams (a few degree's off BTDC)
I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have. Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?
Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
To everyone doing your install at home... How important is the tentioner tool? and I also read that it is normal for the crank to not be in time with the cams
(a few degree's off BTDC)I am only doing the exhaust cam... I am worried about the timing marks and this tentioner tool that I don't have.
Is there something else you guys are using in place of this?Please help out a fellow Evo brotha
I did the DIY tool using threaded rod and 2 nuts locked together. I wouldn't recommend it. I was lucky and it worked ok... but the threaded rod was bent when it came out so I was lucky it didnt break.
Also a nice idea is to mark the belt and your cam gears with white paint to ensure you dont slip a tooth.
Feb 28, 2007, 02:54 AM
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I have done a few of these now from my garage and a tensioner tool (real one, not a knock off home made) is damn near a necessity. I wouldn't recommend doing a cam install otherwise. marking the cam gears and belt work the best and interchanging to new ones one at a time. Evo Moto tech install tips are awesome, follow them to a "T". Good luck everyone.
Mar 31, 2007, 04:26 PM
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For those needing a visual on how to bleed 4G63 lifters watch this......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKX2pYVO0Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKX2pYVO0Ak
May 17, 2007, 12:26 AM
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dang it, wish the mechanic that did mine knew what he was doing. mines bounces all over from 500-1000 at idle. Guess I could think about taking it in the have it bled down....shouldn't cost much to do