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Camshaft Movement

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Camshaft Movement

Post by crispy »

Have finally tracked down a problem i've been having with my sierra lately.
It first had mass distributor problems, with excessive shaft movement, no advance and finally missing teeth.

I got a good s/h distributor and put it in and it made a strange noise and took bit of a chunk out off one of the teeth of the cog. The cog on the cam is fine tho.

There is quite a lot of movement back and forth in the camshaft maybe 5-10mm.
I can't really seem to find what holds the cam in, had bit of a look in the service manual but hasn't helped much.

Any ideas of what has caused this and the solution?
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Post by Jacked »

Maybe a worn cam and/or bearing surfaces. You need to pull it apart and have a look
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Post by casbro »

Hey crispy,
Had a similar problem latley turned out to be a flogged out cam sprocket.
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic168 ... highlight=
Could also be the cam belt!
Might be time to get the lj back!
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Post by crispy »

Yeah i'll hopefully pull it apart this weekend, i feared with the amount of movement it has, it won't be a simple fix.

Would love to get the LJ back, should of never sold it :roll:
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Post by casbro »

Any updates?
Did you find it?
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Post by crispy »

Nah havent got too much further as yet, only pulled the head off. Kinda on the back burner tho, will update this thread when i actually do something haha
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Post by fe11xx »

Camshaft thrust bearing worn? Or the cam itself may be worn where it runs on the thrust bearing.
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