my cam install "uh-oh"....

[V]

Ok, so i while back i installed my camshaft and then buttoned up the motor. A few days later i was reveiwing all the pictures i took of the process, and i came up with the first picture... If you look at the cam gear dot it doesnt seem perfectly aligned, so then i started thinking i maybe installed the chain one tooth off or something



So... tonight i decided to pull it all back apart, just to be sure. It would be hell if i started the motor and found out it was off then.. so after taking everything off and rotating the crank to position... this is what i find...


It was all in my head, i did it fine the first time, its not liek this is the first motor ive done. between my OCD and my **** ass memory, i had myself going crazy over nothing. But, better safe than sorry, and it only took like 15 min to check this. I always seem to be double and triple check everything I do, cars or otherwise, and so far i cant remember anything ive ever overlooked.... so i guess its ok, lol.

[JSPERFORMANCE]

Dont be hard on yourself, I do the same thing sometimes. Its a sign that you care that the job you are doing is done right the first time no questions or excuses..

[Tru2Chevy]

Better to spend 15-20 minutes backtracking now....

- Justin

[HardcoreZ28]

Yeah I go back and check things 10 times on occassion. Nothing wrong with being thorough. That's what seperates someone who cares from a hack.

[BonzoHansen]

If I could get the time back for when I did stuff like that...

[johnjzjz]

the guys in my shop are required to just jot down the real inportant stuff in a note book we keep in the shop they did like rist pin clips - the quad style easy to leave out one and think they gave you an extra -- torque on the rod bolts and oil pump well u get the idea -- it has stopped all the stupid stuff people know better about just what we do -- jz

[WayFast84]

woahh so thats what they mean!!!!!!!!

i think you should change everything to

"hey wayfast this is what we mean!!"

but seriously thanks!!

[Rich189]

i do stuff like that all the time but i figure it like this.... id rather double check first then have to wonder about it then be sorry later

[qwikz28]

Originally Posted by johnjzjz

the guys in my shop are required to just jot down the real inportant stuff in a note book we keep in the shop they did like rist pin clips - the quad style easy to leave out one and think they gave you an extra -- torque on the rod bolts and oil pump well u get the idea -- it has stopped all the stupid stuff people know better about just what we do -- jz

thats a great idea. im gonna do that when i do my cam install.