I have said many times " I am not the brightest tool in the shed".
I offer proof.
I am getting dressed to drive my cam down to Isky this morning to have it ground to the E4 grind many have reccomended. I realize I have not yet taken off the cam gear. I quickly pull the bolt, eccentric for the fuel pump, and lock ring. I see, of course, the threaded holes in the gear for a gear puller anchor point, BUT, my impatient "i gotta get to Isky" mentality and lack of apparent brains, I figure "its only fiber and I have a new one to install, I will just tap on it to knock it off of the cam".
So I grab my small rubber/plastic mallet, The kind that has a inch and a quarter diameter rubber button on one side and a same size plastic button on the other side. Small, light, and unobtrusive mallet, right?
Yep you geussed it, 2 light pops to the back side of the gear and it pops right off....my eyes exploded WIDE open as I see the end of the cam still inside of the gear....yep, I busted the end of the cam right off.
Dumb3 {that is 3=cubed}.
Never in my life would I have imagined that the end of the cam would have broken clean off with 2 light pops. I truely mean light too. I was NOT wailing on it. I only hit it about as hard as you would hit a nail just to set it....literally a tap.
So I guess I need to ask, is the cam in my 232 that is sitting here useable for the 289?
Are the cambearings the same diameter? Is the lift and duration close enough to still have it ground to the E4 grind from Isky?
I really had ought to just ride the SHORT bus everywhere and just do finger painting with my IQ.
Thank guys in advance.
ps: I am hoping the reason it broke so easily is there was a flaw and it was actually a good thing I found it now.....right? That would lessen the emotional pain and blow to my faint ego.
I offer proof.
I am getting dressed to drive my cam down to Isky this morning to have it ground to the E4 grind many have reccomended. I realize I have not yet taken off the cam gear. I quickly pull the bolt, eccentric for the fuel pump, and lock ring. I see, of course, the threaded holes in the gear for a gear puller anchor point, BUT, my impatient "i gotta get to Isky" mentality and lack of apparent brains, I figure "its only fiber and I have a new one to install, I will just tap on it to knock it off of the cam".
So I grab my small rubber/plastic mallet, The kind that has a inch and a quarter diameter rubber button on one side and a same size plastic button on the other side. Small, light, and unobtrusive mallet, right?
Yep you geussed it, 2 light pops to the back side of the gear and it pops right off....my eyes exploded WIDE open as I see the end of the cam still inside of the gear....yep, I busted the end of the cam right off.
Dumb3 {that is 3=cubed}.
Never in my life would I have imagined that the end of the cam would have broken clean off with 2 light pops. I truely mean light too. I was NOT wailing on it. I only hit it about as hard as you would hit a nail just to set it....literally a tap.
So I guess I need to ask, is the cam in my 232 that is sitting here useable for the 289?
Are the cambearings the same diameter? Is the lift and duration close enough to still have it ground to the E4 grind from Isky?
I really had ought to just ride the SHORT bus everywhere and just do finger painting with my IQ.
Thank guys in advance.
ps: I am hoping the reason it broke so easily is there was a flaw and it was actually a good thing I found it now.....right? That would lessen the emotional pain and blow to my faint ego.
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