Help ! How on earth do you get the new lock tabs bent over on the camshaft pulley bolts. I asked my local (and highly respected) Ferrari mechanic and I must have got it all wrong. I figured it would be easy enough to pry the corners up and tap the rest down onto the side of the bolt head. Does anyone have any clues ...... Please. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I have a small pry bar that works perfectly. It is the style of prybar that is just like a big screwdriver with a bit of an angle kicked at the end ... about 8" overall length. It will "grab" the end of the tab and then the back rests against the i.d. of the pulley ... gives you plenty of leverage. I use that to start the bend and then use a hammer and screwdriver to seat them against the nut. Hope that makes sense. cheers edit: with plastic pulleys I'd put a piece of aluminum and a rag against the pulley so your not levering directly on the plastic
The problem with that is you end up with less bite on the bolt. You have to be really holding the socket firmly on there. I just replaced an o-ring on one of my pulleys just the other day and I didn't bend the tab all the way back. I couldn't keep the socket on there firmly enough to back the bolt off with any of the tab still being "up". I did put a 6 point 24 mm socket on my list to order next time ... that'll help. cheers
I had the same problem with my aftermarket pullies. One tab didn't line up and the other one did. The mechanic didn't want to gauge them so he left them alone. He said they are torque to spec but I should still do something with them. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Don't see a technical problem with bending it over the corner of the nut (and then flattening each corner of the tab onto its corresponding flat) -- it will still work OK -- JMO.
I used a slide-hammer with a small pan-head screw (1/4-20) inserted to the threaded head that fits under the tab (I ground the screw head to fit and give it a sharper edge for bite). A couple of gentle taps up brings the tab out, then I used a flat drift (at an angle) and regular hammer to seat the tab.
All suggestions / techniques much appreciated as usual guys. I'm going to try the pry bar idea, , , I will machine up a piece of aluminium to spread the load on the plastic pulley , ,, , just to be safe.
These are not mine I have a craftsman set. I am the least smartest here but have found that hammering and or prying on my engine (or anywhere on the Ferrari for that matter) did not result in the optimum result. Its been a few months but I think I put a small piece of card board on the area of the washer with the tab going down and used the other jaw to grip the open tab. leverage being minimal and after it was perpendicular to the washer I used a slight bit of more force on the tab over each flat of sections as this tab was not on a pure flat to achieve my final results. Image Unavailable, Please Login
