Cam Install pointers

[jayro]

I am going to be installing a set of TriFlows in the next few weeks in my "94. Is there anything special I should watch out for? Any pointers from those who have done this before? Thanks

Jeremy

 

[Phoenix]

dont over torque the cam caps or you will be sorry.

 

[LOUDSHO92]

Make sure you have a shim kit. Be careful with cam cap bolts. Its a rare thread and you cant exactly just re-thread. Try and ind some new dust shield gaskets for around the cams. Yours are probably brittle.

You can do a top 60k while you are there.

 

[jayro]

Make sure you have a shim kit. Be careful with cam cap bolts. Its a rare thread and you cant exactly just re-thread. Try and ind some new dust shield gaskets for around the cams. Yours are probably brittle.

You can do a top 60k while you are there.

Thanks for the pointers. I have a shim kit coming with the cams. I read that it was easy to strip out the cap bolts. I Iwas planning on using a torque wrench set to the lowest torque spec to make sure that I dont strip them out.....is this what is recomended? I also have a new timing belt, cam seals and valve cover gaskets. I guess while I'm there I could do plugs as well. What wre the dust shield gaskets?

Jeremy

 

[LOUDSHO92]

The torque rating is really low. You would need a small torque wrench. Maybe just use a small wrench and don't over exert.

The dust shields go on the inside of the timing belt cover and go around the cams.

 

[SHO1]

Plug the Oil drain holes in the bottom of the heads so nothing accidentally gets dropped in them.

 

[jayro]

Plug the Oil drain holes in the bottom of the heads so nothing accidentally gets dropped in them.

Yeah, that would be bad.