i cant get the bolt on the end of the cam off so i can take the gear off to remove the timing chain then the head. i cant find a 'flat spot' on the cam to stop it from turning....

 

have you tried using an impact?

 

dont have one here right now...my buddy has my compressor for the next week. i guess i can wait...its just my spare motor i was gonna tear down, clean and get it ready to rebuild

 

maybe put a screw driver in the sprocket and then turn the bolt?

 

This is from a 3vze rebuild. Is there a spot liek this on your cam?

 

there isnt on this motor but there IS one on the cam in my truck....

 

just put a long breaker bar on the crankshaft pully and put her up against the driverside frame rail and then take off the cam bolt or if you dont have one long enough or an exta set of hands i got mine off with a screwdriver through one of the holes in the cam gear up against the rocker arm assembly

 

the motor is on the floor in my garage...but ill give it a shot...who knows which will loosen first though

 

SHOULD be the cam bolt as its only tourqued to 55 flbs and the crankshaft is supposed to be 116 but ya never know what some other guy did, good luck and you should be able to put a pretty short breaker bar to the floor

 

lol, thanks, thats what i was thinking too...i was JUST grabbing my fsm to see what those numbers were

 

hehehehe i JUST put my head and stuff back on so i knew right off hand...gonna go outside and put water in the rad and fire her up as soon as it stops stormin

 

thanks for the help everyone...the head and timing cover are off. good luck with your motor....ive got to do the same to my 22re in my truck....the head gasket went on me after 6000kms so ive got to go through this all over again and see if theres any major damage. i sure as s hit hope not

 

bah that sucks, i had to do mine cuz i messed up started out getting the timing right so i took the t-cover off then when i put it back on i messed up the head gasket so i went and got a head gasket then when i was re-tourqing i bent a valve and broke a valve guide....so i just now got the head back from the machine shop with a new valve and valve guide...lmao so my lil 10 dollar 2 hour endevor ended up costing me like 3 weeks and close to $160 bucks...(i tried buying another head and it was the wrong one) so yeah i feel your pain!