crank and cam gears

[cummins king]

im pulling this motor apart and i cant figuar how to take the crank gear oof and also how to get the cam gear off to get at the crank case
any imput would bemuch apresiated
CK

[KTA]

The crank gear is nearly impossible to get off, and there is no reason to take it off. The cam gear presses off, it usually takes about 5 ton. You are supposed to pull the cam to get the front cover off. If you are determined to cheat I built a cam gear puller out of a power steering pump pulley puller I had. You have to make som special arms to go through the whole to pull on the hub of the gear, do not pull or pry on the outside of the gear. I drill and tap the camshaft before pulling the gear so I can use a bolt and a special retainer to reinstall the gear.

[cummins king]

i dont need to cheat how does the cam come out, i to the two bolts of the back and now i have 1inch of travle but it just wont come out

[KTA]

Clearly you don't have the engine on #1TDC. The cam won't come out if its not because it hits the connecting rods.

[cummins king]

whats a #1tdc, is that an engine stand

ya i forgot to remove the lifters
thats why the cam wont come out, i guess i lucked out on the motor, its in exelent shape

crap i had a cool picture were i took 12 pairs of vice grips to hold all the lifters up, while i took the cam out, guess i deleted it

[BobS]

crap i had a cool picture were i took 12 pairs of vice grips to hold all the lifters up, while i took the cam out, guess i deleted it

So how did you do this without doing any damage to the lifters finish?

[cummins king]

dont clamp to tight, its just got to be enought to hold it up

[PToombs]

Most people use wooden dowels. Put 1 in each lifter, use a rubber band to hold pairs together.
Or if it's on the stand, turn the engine upside down.

[cummins king]

i like the elastic idea, and i dont have a stand, it was pretty funny with all those vise grips on there

[PToombs]

I mis-read that! I thought you said it was on the stand!

[cummins king]

no problem,

[OLDEARL93]

[cummins king]

you thinks thats funny hey

didnt know any better since its the first time i have aver pulled a motor apart by my self

[LOGANSTANFORTH]

whats a #1tdc, is that an engine stand

i seriously hope yo uare joking about this........if not, well get someone that knows what they are doing......

[ford69557ci]

gotta learn somehow cant learn by havin someone else do it.