Rotating the cams

[Izzmo]

How do you go about rotating the cams during a weld?

Also, if a cam sprocket is loose, do you suggest I run a bead around the whole sprocket, or still just do 3 tacks?

 

[Exitwound]

put a breaker bar and socket on the crank bolt and rotate the engine.

Just put 2 welds on each cam 3/4" long 180deg apart.

 

[Izzmo]

crank bolt, meaning the bold that is attached to both of the main cam sprockets? (Newbie to all of this in the head and cams)

I'm planning on putting 3 tacks on each cam... but I read an article on V8SHO saying that he had a sprocket that moved and when he did 3 tacks on it, it break in just 50 miles.. so I need to be sure that the 3 tacks will hold on that.

 

[Exitwound]

No there is a bolt head on the end of the crank shaft, you can get to it through the passenger front wheel well. Rotate the cams by rotating that bolt with a socket and breaker bar. As for the sprockets they have a surface hardening so whoever welds the sprockets is going to need to be a decent welder and know how to get proper *********** between the sprocket and shaft. If that is acheived you will not need to worry about the weld breaking.

 

[Izzmo]

Okay. So, we do need to take the front passenger wheel off to rotate the cams. Damn! Thanks for the information, I was going to do it a totally different way, hah.