well the saga continues....

I put the opti on the car one more time with all my clay in place etc and started her up. With the bolts in but not tighten the noise was gone, but the opti was kinda wobeling around. Once i tighten the bolts a bit the noise came back.

I took the opti off and i have planny of clearance everywhere. Nothing is pushing on the opti. Obviously the noise we are hearing is the bearing on the opti (the shaft on the opti has some slack in it now from side to side). What to do now?

I can exchange this opti for a new one, but i wil be afraid to put it on since i still dont know what messed up 2 previous optis. Any ideas?

 

How about you snap us a pic of the front side of the gear? where the opti sits. Some are beveled.

Snap us a pic and post it.

have you tried the washers ?

 

I will tomorrow

 

http://bellsouthpwp.net/x/x/xxsaint69x/gear.JPG

http://bellsouthpwp.net/x/x/xxsaint69x/gear2.JPG

pics of the gear....

the bolts are shinny because i shaved them as well

 

I can't quite tell.

the place To look is the very outer edge where the Opti sits. some bevel up closer to the center.

either or

 

I started to reply that in the side pic of the opti the shaft looked cocked.....thought it might just be the shadow making it look that way. May just be a defective opti....I would exchange for a new one. If it does the same thing you know the cam or dowel pin has a problem. ( maybe the pin whole in the cam is not bored straight)

 

na the dowel is fine...its shaved down litle bit more on one side due to using a dramel eheh. Any way i can check the hole? I mean there is not much left...arrr

 

the opti is not touching the gear at all, the opti seal is out and i checked quite few times

 

here is a pic of the clay impression http://bellsouthpwp.net/x/x/xxsaint69x/clay3.JPG

i just noticed that something is off...i think that might be the damn problem. When the opti is loose it has enough slack to move around, when tighten, there is no slack so the bearing gets torn up pretty quick

 

I would just do what Ellis suggested....shim it and be done with it.

 

ITS OVER..NOISE IS GONE

Got a new timing chain (comp cams true roller) and a new opti. Put it all on and all is fine


Thanks for all the help.