by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2014 | CAMSHAFTS & VALVE TRAIN
AMC DISTRIBUTOR GEARS MATCHED SET Where they may work if replaced individually, the failure rate increases greatly if you don’t replace both the distributor gear and the camshaft drive gear on an AMC V8 as a matched set. There are at least 3 versions of gears, each...
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 1, 2014 | CYLINDER HEADS
CLEANING BUCKET STYLE HYDRAULIC LIFTERS Unlike their flat tappet cousins, bucket style hydraulic lifters can often be reused if inspected, validated and cleaned. The problem is taking them apart. I developed this hammer tool to separate the plunger from the body....
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2014 | OPERATIONS
ORGANIZE AND SAVE Organizing your parts inventory in your shop, building or warehouse is difficult whether it’s a few pieces or a few thousand parts. Start by thinking about what it’s going to take to find that part later on. Have an area set aside for just parts,...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2014 | ASSEMBLY
MORE ON CAM GEAR CLEARANCING I recently read a Shop Solution about using a cam and cam gear to test for gear to block clearance on late small block Chevy blocks. Well, here is our tool I’ve used for years. It’s an aluminum hub that’s .002 under cam bearing bore size...
by Donnie Hurt | Jul 1, 2014 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
ENGINE BEARINGS – FRICTION AND PRE-LUBRICATION Overcoming friction is essential to successful bearing service. In order to understand friction we must take a close-up look at a “smooth” surface. If we were to take a cross-section of a polished piece of metal, we...
