[ssashton]

Anybody bought one of these and want to re-coupe a bit of the cost?

I know they are only £35 on eBay but good to pass on an otherwise unused tool.

OR could anyone near Gillingham, Kent let me borrow one for a weekend?

I also need the special spanner for the aux belt tensioner, although I might just make one.

Thanks,
Simon

 

[ssashton]

Hi Mike, I've heard that the cheap ones sometimes have a slightly oversized crank pin, but are the cam locking brackets not accurate too?

From your comment I take it the cam lock should not be relied upon to hold the cams while bolting up?

 

[ssashton]

na its not the crank pin thats the problem with them, they are tight the first time used as the alloy off the mains plate it uses gets corrosion and hole gets a bit tight untill oil and worked the pin in a few times sometimes need a lever on it while just touch the crank for movement as such, as such a tiny fit,, its the top mount that lock on the cams i have a cheap one and 3-5 degrees out, but if i make up the slackness on the square parts of cam it sits over with feeler gauges pushed in on the rear to engine faces of lock tool i can get it to time within 1 degree which is fair.. like that you can not feel any difference between using a £200 locking tool and a cheap one,, i only found this by using autocom software and reading vanos sprocket positions actual and prescribed

Thanks for that Mike. I was thinking the same regards a shim to make up any slack on the tool. I'll give that a go.