[Healeys] Camshaft gear key

[Kees Oudesluijs]

I would strongly advise NOT to use glue/cement/thread locker/sealant. 
It  may cause problems later on at disassembly. Paramount is to remove 
all burrs from all surfaces involved: key, hole, wheel, and chamfer very 
slightly the key and the slot in the wheel. Make sure everything is 
spotlessly clean and free of any debris, use brake cleaner and a small 
brush for that. After everything is dry, use oil or light grease on the 
key and wheel and make sure the key sits properly in the hole in the 
shaft so that the wheel slides over the key without problems. If the key 
is still pushed out of the hole try to use some longish piece of wire 
looping it around the key and twist the wire until all is tight (the 
ends should be out beyond the wheel), push on the wheel which will push 
back the wire loop that will keep the key in place until the very end 
when it will slide of. You can then untwist the wire and remove it.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 27-12-2018 om 21:37 schreef Fred Wescoe:
> Simon,
>
> I have used heavy grease to hold things in place during a difficult 
> assembly process.  I might caution that you need to decide if grease 
> might be a problem with assembly of parts in this area.  Otherwise, 
> you might try blue thread locker and let it set before assembly.  Or 
> perhaps just use rubber cement.
>
> Fred
> 66 BJ8
>
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 2:28 PM Per Schoerner <per at schoerner.se 
> <mailto:per at schoerner.se>> wrote:
>
>     Chewing gum?
>
>     Per
>
>     Skickat från min iPhone
>
>     27 dec. 2018 kl. 18:20 skrev <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
>     <mailto:simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com>>
>     <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
>     <mailto:simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com>>:
>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     Trust you all had a pleasant Christmas.
>>
>>     Whilst lining up to replace my 3000’s harmonic balancer, I
>>     decided to replace anything in that general area that might fail
>>     before I next delve in there again. So, the chain, the tensioner,
>>     the seal etcetc….all replaced. (I only seem to get in there about
>>     every 20 years).
>>
>>     See attached.
>>
>>     Started to rebuild and am attempting to get the chain in the
>>     right place and everything lined up. I get the bright links where
>>     they should be and start to push the two gears onto their shafts.
>>     All goes well until they’re _apparently_ almost home. Then the
>>     little key drops to the floor. About 4 times now….maddening. Is
>>     there a pros’ trick to this seemingly easy task? If there is, I’d
>>     really like to have it!
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Simon
>>
>>     <Tensioner copy.jpg>
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