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#1
08-17-2021, 09:27 AM
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Woodruff Key?
Do you have to take the timing gears off to get the key out of the crank? I can't budge it.
Thanks, Dave |
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#2
08-17-2021, 09:36 AM
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YES.
Soak the timing gears. Remove the bolt and excentric for the fuel pump then take off the cam gear first. Take off the chain, now you can get a pair of screwdrivers behind the lower gear and remove it. Then inspect the woodruff key. Tom V.
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#3
08-17-2021, 10:50 AM
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I've always had to "walk" both gears off the crank and cam in order to remove the chain...
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#4
08-17-2021, 03:25 PM
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and be sure to use a NON-MARRING (brass or plastic) to tap in the new one. Or even use channel locks with tape on BOTH jaws.... You do not want to buger it up.
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#5
08-17-2021, 06:04 PM
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Yes, andprofoundly easy. Well, until install; THAT can be a jamb-up so be sure to level the key, THEN drift the Lower gear into place with the timing Chain/Upper Gear on the Ready.
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#6
08-17-2021, 07:31 PM
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I use the claws of two claw hammers, one on each side of the gear to walk each gear of little by little.
Works like a charm!
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