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04-01-2003, 02:57 PM

VINCELEE123

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more dowel pin ?s

ok my dowel pin broke, i took it with the new dowel pin to the machine shop. my question is when i put the cam sproket on the dowel pin is flush with it. shouldnt it stick out? isnt htat what spins the distributor?

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04-01-2003, 03:01 PM

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If we only knew what year car we are talking about, your question could probably be answered.

04-01-2003, 03:38 PM

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sorry

its a 96 lt1 car

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04-01-2003, 04:31 PM

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No it should not be flush, It should stick out at least a little over a 1/4 of an inch, when I measured my stock cam the dowel stuck out from the CAM 5/8 of an inch.

04-01-2003, 04:34 PM

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No it should not be flush, It should stick out at least a little over a 1/4 of an inch, when I measured my stock cam the dowel stuck out from the CAM 5/8 of an inch.

Yeah, it has to stick out enough to turn the opti, but it can stick out too far and cause opti problems. I will be carefully measuring that when I do my cam swap.