tightening cam gear

[frenchclar]

Is there any other way to hold the model A cam from turning when torquing the cam gear besides the gear itself against the crank gear?

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Wad up a little soft rag and poke it in where the teeth meet. Bill W's Ghost

 

[George Miller]

Is there any other way to hold the model A cam from turning when torquing the cam gear besides the gear itself against the crank gear?

I like to leave the side cover off and use a clamp on the cam gear.

 

[Lawrie]

I did mine before installing the cam,used soft jaws in my vice.
Lawrie

 

[Mike V. Florida]

Wad up a little soft rag and poke it in where the teeth meet. Bill W's Ghost

This way has worked for me as well.

 

[V4F]

either a soft rag or a piece of wood ............ steve

 

[Bob-A]

Ditto on what Bill W's Ghost says. I save the wood like Steve Norcal says to use for on my Harley's primary chain.

AMF/Bob-A

 

[Mikeinnj]

Wad up a soft rag and put it in the teeth.....will this damage an aluminum cam gear ?

 

[Glenn C.]

If you are doing it in a vise, soft jaws work great along with a strap wrench as a back-up to keep it from turning.

 

[Purdy Swoft]

If it is an aluminum or bronze cam gear, I do it the way Bills ghost does. If it is a fiber gear, I do it George Millers way, so as not to fracture or break the weak gear teeth.

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

I like to leave the side cover off and use a clamp on the cam gear.

By George,
Dandy idea! I never thought of that one.
Chief always said, "There's more than one way to skin a cat!" He often also said, "The easiest way is the best way if it does the job PROPERLY!"
Don't ever use an impact wrench on a cam gear nut, and don't ask me why I say that +*%$&#Bill W's Ghost

 

[Jim Brierley]

I use an impact all the time, but only with the cam in a bench vise.

 

[sonny30coupe]

There is more than 1 way to skin a cat, but, no matter how you do it, you are not going to get the cat to like it!

 

[Dan McEachern]

The rag method above is a realy bad idea regardless of the cam gear material.
Use the clamp method with a flat bar of steel or aluminum clamped on the rim of the gear. Dan