Rod.

I have a chance to get some used aem cam gears. I was worrying about them slipping. What happens to the motor if they slip??? I asked the owner he said the magic number to torquing them is 15lbs ,but he still had a lil slippage with new bolts. How do you stop it cause I real want to buy them.

SOHC_MShue

why don't you buy cam gears that have more than 3 bolts?

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iTrader: (3)

Swtich the bolts over to a hex head bolt and use a split lock washer.

Stewie

I have AEM gears with 12pt or 8pt I don't know, but they don't slip at all. I had them on for a while. I torqued them to 15lbs. AEM reccomends to put lock-tite on them.

R THIS

use lock-tite
and torque to spec

Rod.

What does the slippage do to the engine?

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iTrader: (3)

It retards the cam timing. If it goes far enough, there's the possibility of interference.

Derek14

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redturbocivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What does the slippage do to the engine? </TD></TR></TABLE>
It causes your valves and pistons to mate and make little baby peices of valves and pistons inside your motor....

The Crow

Sell them and get Skunk2s.

99lspwr

As mentioned, torque to spec along w/ locktite...

slowazzhatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Derek14 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
It causes your valves and pistons to mate and make little baby peices of valves and pistons inside your motor.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahahahah...classic