This is for a honda engine vtec 4cyl
I have the following items off the car
valve cover
spark plugs
intake cam gear
exhaust cam gear
timing belt
water pump
timing belt covers
cam shaft holders
cam shaft plate
The cam gear is still attached to the cam shaft and is completely out of the engine.
After applying tons of assembly lube and hondabond(sealant) to the corners of the camshaft holders on the edges, I am having a hard time getting the cam gears back to tdc.
After I have both camshafts secured to the head with the cam holders and cam plates, is it ok to turn just 1 camgear counterclockwise(normal rotation direction) and spin it till its tdc, then do the same for the 2nd camgear.
There is alot of assembly lube on
Besides turning the camgears in the wrong direction, whatelse could go wrong with turning camshafts seperately.
Again the timing belt is off and the crankshaft pully is off. The cranshaft pully was set to tdc prior to removal.
Thanks
Question about changing timing belt %26amp; cam gears?
i don't know from personal experiance, but i have seen my father-in-law slightly turn a cam shaft back and forth into place, don't force it.
