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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Removing drivers side cam cover
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<blockquote data-quote="Beercules" data-source="post: 15227005" data-attributes="member: 156123"><p>Got the cams off and on! !! Not sure how I got them off. Maybe because it's colder (did the sprocket shrink more than the chain? ) maybe because I turned the engine a bit (I heard that could loosen the tensioner somehow). Whatever, it came off. </p><p>I found the way to put the primary sprocket back on when you don't take the cover off. Line the cam key up with the sprocket keyway the best you can (springs will try to rotate it to the local area of least tension). Thread the bolt\washer in until there's just the slightest tension, enough to hold the cams from rotating away from the keyway. Use a 1.5" wrench to wiggle the exhaust cam (I have the Cloyes billet secondary kit) while adding slight tension to the bolt. Worked like a dream on the second side I did (drivers). </p><p>HOWEVER! Don't put too much tension on the bolt or I have a feeling you'll crack the sprocket. </p><p>I haven't NDTd the sprockets or anything yet, so not sure if I did any damage. Towards the end of the sprocket travel on the cam end I heard a couple pops, not sure what that was (secondary sprocket seating, something to do with the chain, hairline fractures in the sprocket?) Going to wait for ndt before I button it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beercules, post: 15227005, member: 156123"] Got the cams off and on! !! Not sure how I got them off. Maybe because it's colder (did the sprocket shrink more than the chain? ) maybe because I turned the engine a bit (I heard that could loosen the tensioner somehow). Whatever, it came off. I found the way to put the primary sprocket back on when you don't take the cover off. Line the cam key up with the sprocket keyway the best you can (springs will try to rotate it to the local area of least tension). Thread the bolt\washer in until there's just the slightest tension, enough to hold the cams from rotating away from the keyway. Use a 1.5" wrench to wiggle the exhaust cam (I have the Cloyes billet secondary kit) while adding slight tension to the bolt. Worked like a dream on the second side I did (drivers). HOWEVER! Don't put too much tension on the bolt or I have a feeling you'll crack the sprocket. I haven't NDTd the sprockets or anything yet, so not sure if I did any damage. Towards the end of the sprocket travel on the cam end I heard a couple pops, not sure what that was (secondary sprocket seating, something to do with the chain, hairline fractures in the sprocket?) Going to wait for ndt before I button it up. [/QUOTE]
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