So I just bought my h22 longblock and it came with STR bronze cam gears, and the dude left timing belt off, my question is on the STR cam gears, is there a way to tell if the cams are in spec with pistons and crank??

 

bump...need some help!

 

u line up the str gears like any other cam gear when installing the timing belt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Eddiebx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u line up the str gears like any other cam gear when installing the timing belt.</TD></TR></TABLE>

is there an arrow on each cam gear?

 

Both keyways should be pointing up

 

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wouldnt happen to have any pics would you? the motor is at my grandfathers house in the garage, while Im at home and cant work on it right now.

EDIT: and I didnt put on the cam gears, they were alrady on the cams when I bought the motor.

 

In the very center is where the gear slides over the cam. The indention is where the key goes. If your engine doesn't have a timing belt, you need to rotate the cams so that the key on each cam is pointing up, then rotate the bottom end so that #1 cylinder is at TDC (there's a mark on the flywheel indicating where #1 TDC is)

 

wow...thank you so so so much! I am finishing my swap on friday and need to get this bitch together. Umm...one last question, how hard is it to turn the cams with a socket?

 

Fairly easy to turn then just by grabbing the gear with your hand and twisting. The bottom end takes a good size wrench

 

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I was thinking that I needed to use a wrench for the cams, i know u have to use a wrench for the crank...that **** is tough to move...

 

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I was thinking that I needed to use a wrench for the cams, i know u have to use a wrench for the crank...that **** is tough to move...</TD></TR></TABLE>

not for me...


lol

 

^^

just don't blow out YOUR O-ring!