obuhmyuh

hey my cam gear woodruff key keeps breaking and im down to zero cam gears, does any one know what could potentially cause this? I set my timing every time correctly but my car has been randomly just taking a **** on me and everytime i look at the cam gear, its all busted. ill put some pics up in a bit...

its on a jdm d15b motor

obuhmyuh

you can see where the key used to be... in the pic above

obuhmyuh

bumppp

prodragEG

the same thing happened to me with the crank pulley and after like 3 crank pulleys(used a 1/2 ratchet) and after i tightened it with a impact wrench , problem solved. So maybe you just need to tighten the bolt a little more.

obuhmyuh

i did notice my cam gear bolt was loose every time this happened.... but i tightened down to my manufacturers specs...

and how would a loose bolt that holds the gear the shaft effect my motor as long as the gear doesn't come off??

The Lobster

whoa

where is the key slot??? i cant/dotn even see it on there?

i have never heard of this happening, but looking at the gear why are the gears grinded down? all teh teeth on the gear seems like its hitting somehting.