Started The Cam Install...

[99TransAmWS6]

Well, i was bored and i cant have car parts sitting around for to long. I have to get them installed! So i figured yesterday was as good as ever to get started. Everything went pretty well, i got the radiator out, all the tubing off, the water pump off. I went to go break loose the crank bolt on the pulley....ummmm yea..having a busted rear end dosent really help that much The rear end wouldnt hold it in gear to break the bolt loose. I called it a night after that and figured id go start messing with that today. I think what im gonna do, seeing how the rears getting pulled anyways. Im gonna put a monkey wrench or something on the yolk of the rear and hold it in place with the car and break the bolt loose. Gonna give that a try. Fun times!!

[Keego Ridah]

sweet! Take your time, are you taking the heads off as well?

[99TransAmWS6]

sweet! Take your time, are you taking the heads off as well?

No sir. The springs and pushrods are already installed. I have the lifter tool, so the heads will stay put.

[Keego Ridah]

Thats good don't want to be dropping those lifters

[tenpin842]

Dont you have an air impact? Mine came off pretty easy with that.

Best of luck with the install!!

[zspot98]

Dependant on you being an A4 of M6 you can hold the crank from turning at the trans. With an A4 just stick a wrench onto one of the flywheel bolts. Same w/ the M6. All you have to do is lock the flywheel from turning somehow.

[tenpin842]

gottcha!! U have a camera? or a camcorder? I'd like to hear it when its all done.

[99TransAmWS6]

Dependant on you being an A4 of M6 you can hold the crank from turning at the trans. With an A4 just stick a wrench onto one of the flywheel bolts. Same w/ the M6. All you have to do is lock the flywheel from turning somehow.

yea, matt(ss4matt) Said the same thing. It just sounds like more of a pain then anything. That gets me nervous, ****ing up the flywheel or something. Im gonna try to just clamp a wrench on the yolk of the rear...let it hit the bottom of the car and then try to crack that bolt loose.

I would use an impact, but my air compressor dosent seem to have enough to use a high impact wrench.


Actually i dont have a camera or camcorder, im going to try to find one so i can post a vid of it starting up.

[JoeliusZ28]

if theres enough clearance in the u-joints you could try sticking a bigass screwdriver in one of them. idk how much torque is there though, id only do that if you just need something to hold it pretty much.

[zspot98]

I don't see how you cound mess up the flywheel. All you do is put a wrench on the bolt thru the the window by the starter? Might do less damage that way then prying a screwdriver into the rearend?

[s.reef]

sweet, was plannin a cam install myself keep us posted.

[Orange Terror]

I don't see how you cound mess up the flywheel. All you do is put a wrench on the bolt thru the the window by the starter? Might do less damage that way then prying a screwdriver into the rearend?

[99TransAmWS6]

I don't see how you cound mess up the flywheel. All you do is put a wrench on the bolt thru the the window by the starter? Might do less damage that way then prying a screwdriver into the rearend?

well as i said, this was brought up as an option. I just didnt get under and look at what its gonna take to get to the starter and all that. I have long tube headers and a 3" ory, so its all about whats gonna be more accesible.

I wouldnt be prying a screwdriver on the rear end. But as far as im concerned, if i break something on the rear, i wouldnt care cuz im pulling it out and throwing a 9" in. So we'll see what happens when i get under it today.

[ITSSLOW]

Could someone post a pic of this lifter tool on the car? I think I know what it looks like but I'm not 100% sure. I've always done cams when rebuilding a motor or takign off the heads. I wanna see how this lil' guy works. I can't picture it in my head cause I can only think of a SBC and unless its like magnets or somethign I dont know how it would work.

[99TransAmWS6]

Could someone post a pic of this lifter tool on the car? I think I know what it looks like but I'm not 100% sure. I've always done cams when rebuilding a motor or takign off the heads. I wanna see how this lil' guy works. I can't picture it in my head cause I can only think of a SBC and unless its like magnets or somethign I dont know how it would work.