[DeTomaso] Distrubutor Gear Chewed Up

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Thanks for clearing that up.  It sure makes me wonder what I have now. 
The Crane cam I got is at least six years old, maybe more so perhaps the 
bolt hole is a bit different.  The stock bolt may or may not have a 
shoulder on it, I can't really be sure.  This is certainly interesting 
information you've given us.  I'm going to have to pay more attention 
the next time I do a rebuild.

Asa Jay

Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> 
>> You know Thomas,  I installed a Crane hydraulic roller cam in my last 
>> 351c rebuild, and I didn't have any problems at all.  Of course, I'm 
>> going back over my notes and photos, and I do not believe I used an 
>> ARP bolt for it.  It looks like I used the stock bolt that came off 
>> the original cam and it worked just fine.  I also used a Pete Jackson 
>> gear drive for the timing set.
>>
>> So would the stock bolt have worked?  I got confused somewhere in all 
>> the emails.
> 
> 
> My stock bolt gives me about 1/4 turn to torque it down after touching 
> the stock washer, but before having the non-threaded part of the shank 
> run into the threads in the cam. If you install the eccentric, you will 
> probably get a half to a full turn extra. That is too little margin for 
> my taste.
> 
>>
>> Asa Jay
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> 

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