[thielt1]

How do you hold the cam gears still while you tighten the bolt to the camshaft? Every time I tighten them no matter how I hold them they throw my timing off. Does anybody have a trick. I am following the AEM instructions but they don’t say how to hold them still.

I am using focus central gears.

 

[SuperFlea]

Are you using the cam gear installation tool??

That helps a little. I know you're not supposed to rely on that, plus it bends. But it helps.

What i did was use a vise grip on the cam. Then tightened the bolt on the gear.

 

[speedracerzx3]

Isn't there a place on the cams to put a wrench, like on most other cams. Should look like a big six sided nut between the lobes.

 

[SuperFlea]

Mine didn't have anything. That's why i used a vise.

 

[yeyolin]

i rather to go to a performance workshop

 

[mlbbaseball]

I used a cam pin, was really easy!!

 

[cjmartinyZX3]

superflea is right, there is not "nut" in the cam but there is a flat spot on between the lobes of cylinder 1 and 2, that you could get a wrench on.

forgot, that is on the stock cams, aftermarket cams may/maynot have the "nut"

 

[myfafp3]

just use the alignment tool or something metal to keep the cams from moving so much. i used a long piece of scrap metal we had laying around the shop. stayed pretty still when i did the timing belt

 

[thielt1]

I got it to work, thanks guys!

 

[SuperFlea]

No problemo Mister! []

 

[Captain Moonpie]

Thats funny, my FR2s had the six sided part on it to put a wrench on. I wonder why ford wouldnt do that on all thier cams...

 

[SuperFlea]

Nah, it would seem pointless to Ford Mo. Co.