David_K

While i was testing my cobra at the country club i had my cam bolt back out and was sheared off by the cam gear and blew its way threw my valve cover. any body know if i can prevent this from happening in the future?

hammeron

were you doing burnouts at the cc? anyhoo, hope
you get her fixed up again real soon

David_K

no just running the race track like i normally do.

GodAmGT00

You didn't by chance use Loc-Tite when reassembling??



JT

David_K

yeah i used the blue loctite maybe i shoudl step up to the red or maybe even some JB weld

GodAmGT00

Well, JB Weld may be too aggressive..


The Blue should have worked.. I've used that on countless Flywheel bolts, clutch PP Bolts, rear diff. bolts, etc.. Anything that I work on that sees high torque, gets the Loc-Tite..


Did you use the old hardware?? It may have been stretched (think of your power here..).. I'm just throwing things out, since it's sort of unusual for a cam gear bolt to just back out like that..



JT

David_K

yeah i reused it but the motor it came from had 800 miles on it. does ARP or anybody make stronger cam bolts? i cant seem to find any

kcp1989

Hey it could have been worse. A friend of mine accidentaly stuck his finger too close to a cam gear in his 10,000 rpm honda motor. And yes teh finger went bye bye.

Dsmfighter

You REALLY should have replaced those bolts. Everyone who's done cam swaps on modulars have told me that if the cam's your installing use torque-till-yield bolts you should replace them every time you back them off the cam. Yeah it's a few bucks out of your pocket, but it would have saved you money in the long run.

Sorry to hear the news though man. That really blows.

Rusmisel01GT

So do you just have to replace the bolt/valve cover it went threw? or did it mess up something else?