I had a problem withthe head on the gsr. Took it out to find a bad head gasket. When I put the head back on got everything on a Iw as with a mecahnic and he says the cam gears stock have a special key to put them back on. When I took it off there was only bolts. Is there a special key to put the gears back on?

 

Keys are good....



Call up Mike K @ Naples Acura, he'll hook you up with what you need.

 

I couldnt; tell where you are located but if you're in the NY/NJ area I have hundreds of those keyways ...

Greg

 

yah that 'key' is what locates the camgear onto the cam.

If you look at the end of the cam you will see a notch, this notch mates to a notch in the camgear and the key is what fills that space and locks the camgear to the same orietation as the cam.

 

its called a woodruff key. Iys not a key like to go into a lock, it keeps the gear aligned with the camshaft. Both the cam and the gear have a groove for the key. You did use a shop manual when you took the geard off and followed the instructions that said something like "remice the cam gear taking care not to loose the tiny metal woodruff key"? If not you will have to buy new ones.