Camshaft locking tool?

Check with Unobtanium Supply.......

Or, I have seen it done with two Vise Grips and tie wraps......

 

It's not too hard to make your own. I did it with two pieces of oak and four bolts.

http://f308.blogspot.com/2009/09/timing-belts-easy-one-first.html

 

That's great! Thanks for sharing. I think I'll make one too since I'm getting ready to do my belts soon.

 

you can get these at Napa as well if you are not handy...

https://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=SER3840_0293962951
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I've also made the cam locking tool from two plates of aluminum. Easy to do, and works effectively. The oak ones are good too and easy to make, but the aluminum plates are a snap, cheap and work well.

 

Hi RJ,

I've got a set of Verrell's finest 2V cam locks. Pm me your shipping details and i will get them out to you.

You pay the freight and we will call it good

Viva Enzo,
chris

 

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IIRC awhile ago, someone reported that this style cam lock does not work with the 3x8s.
The 308 cam gears are unusally small (~3") and unusually closely spaced. Also they use trapazoidal belt teeth while this tool is designed for the newer serpentine teeth.

Have you actually successfully used this NAPA cam lock?

 

I will find out 2nd week in Oct. , I have the NAPA lock and will be testing it then.

 

This tool worked good for Me although I did have to mod it to fit around the belt retention flange on one of the cam gears.

 

Would you show a picture of your mod?

 

I might have left the tool at the house( I work 2 states over) but all I had to do was dremel 2 slots to fit around the flange. If I can get a pic up I will.

 

I know this doesn't answer the question but I have to ask...where are these camshafts expected to go? I have replaced a ton of cam belts, chains and gears and have never seen a camshaft turn on it's own without somebody/something turning it - usually with considerable effort.

 

I have never changed the belts myself yet but I think that the fear is if a lobe is topped out the camshaft might rotate off the pressure from the lobe (or two) and then you are screwed. So these devices lock the camshafts in-place by clamping one to the other since they are so close together. In theory I suppose any way of preventing the camshafts from turning by accident is just a precaution.

 

The pressure of the compressed valves on the cam lobes will move the cam, especially on the QV engine.