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Originally Posted by strych9
Well, the pin is simply there for initial alignment; it's the bolt's job to hold things tight enough to keep anything from slipping. Something would have had to seize suddenly to break the clamping force of the bolt enough to allow the pin to shear. Or, the bolt simply stretched or loosened for whatever reason. Still, only speculative.
I had my three-bolt up and running and, out of paranoia, rechecked a couple of specs. I found out that the torque I applied to the cam bolts was incorrect, because the spec I used was incorrect. I had to take the front cover off a second time to correct it.
There were a few swear words incorporated during that second endeavor.  |
Ugh....... i know what you mean. I enjoy working on my cars to make them better.
I HATE going back and fixing broken shit to just put it back the same or having to go back in for a mistake.
Or something you forgot. I forgot to torque a cam sprocket on my sons Jeep a few months back. Sucked but it's an overhead cam to I was able to lift the valve cover.