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Removing Cam Gear - 3L

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Removing Cam Gear - 3L

Post by Weiner »

Hi guys,

Since I can't afford the engine conversion for the meantime, gunna fix the ol 3L, but having trouble getting the bolt that holds the cam gear on.

Any secrets? Rattle gun or breaker bar doesn't get it off, any way to lock the camshaft in place so we can get it out?

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Post by howesy »

Have you tried doing it up with both those items just in case its reverse threaded. And even if not sometimes this is all it takes to break the seal and then you can undo.
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Post by SIMMO84 »

Bigger better rattle gun :armsup: :armsup: If unable try the gas axe :D
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Post by Weiner »

SIMMO84 wrote:Bigger better rattle gun :armsup: :armsup: If unable try the gas axe :D
Might have to get the brothers mates 3/4 incher.

The breaker bar would work but the camshaft just spins.
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Post by dumbdunce »

the camshaft should have a hex or some flats on it so you can put a big shifter on it to undo the nut. somewhere near the middle.
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Post by Weiner »

dumbdunce wrote:the camshaft should have a hex or some flats on it so you can put a big shifter on it to undo the nut. somewhere near the middle.
Thank you very much, will have a look tomorrow
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Post by dumbdunce »

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there is a narrow hex, and also some lugs further along, that you could put shifter on.
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Post by RUFF »

dumbdunce wrote:the camshaft should have a hex or some flats on it so you can put a big shifter on it to undo the nut. somewhere near the middle.
Correct.

And its not a left hand thread like someone mentioned above.
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Post by Weiner »

RUFF wrote:
dumbdunce wrote:the camshaft should have a hex or some flats on it so you can put a big shifter on it to undo the nut. somewhere near the middle.
Correct.

And its not a left hand thread like someone mentioned above.
Thanks boss, I was not silly enough to think it is a LHS thread :armsup:
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Post by IN24BZ »

not left hand X3 i have had many of these apart rattler usualy gets it , try heating it up a little bit before rattling then rattling in for 1 sec then reverse and hammer it
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What torque? Tighten it till it strips and then back it off half a turn.
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