In the photo shown. Ya, I'm going to tear down the top end..... again.....replace all the tappets.
The jims pinion shaft was a little tight for my NOS main pinion. So I rotated the wheels to the bottom and wedged the top of the wheels. Froze the shaft and heated the pinion till blue. Placed it on with glove over the key and placed a socket over the pinion and gave it a whack to seat it. It worked beautifully.
The problem seems to have come from the nut used to hold the pinion on. Is it the original? I don't know. Well, it's too tall. You can see where it dug into the cam cover. I'll have to file down the nut a bit -to get the cam cover to fit on properly. The pinion in this case may not be fully seated. But that nut shouldn't contact. What's with that?
I guess dry fitting and doing a couple of rotations to see if anything is contacting would be a good future insight. And check the fit of your main pinion before final assembly. Like -before you put the wheels together. Try it with and without the key. Shave the key if ness.
Anything else I should look for here?
The jims pinion shaft was a little tight for my NOS main pinion. So I rotated the wheels to the bottom and wedged the top of the wheels. Froze the shaft and heated the pinion till blue. Placed it on with glove over the key and placed a socket over the pinion and gave it a whack to seat it. It worked beautifully.
The problem seems to have come from the nut used to hold the pinion on. Is it the original? I don't know. Well, it's too tall. You can see where it dug into the cam cover. I'll have to file down the nut a bit -to get the cam cover to fit on properly. The pinion in this case may not be fully seated. But that nut shouldn't contact. What's with that?
I guess dry fitting and doing a couple of rotations to see if anything is contacting would be a good future insight. And check the fit of your main pinion before final assembly. Like -before you put the wheels together. Try it with and without the key. Shave the key if ness.
Anything else I should look for here?
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