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TR7 valve adjustment -- part deux

To: tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu, Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: TR7 valve adjustment -- part deux
From: Eganb@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:43:21 EDT
Ok, everybody needs to pat me on the back for NOT continuing to fiddle with 
the following problem till I broke something -- which is usually what I would 
do.

I've just finished checking the valve clearance in my TR7, and putting in all 
new shims, including a couple of .085 Jaguar shims that cost me $6 each...

I used assembly oil, got the camshaft back in place, and torqued down the 
camshaft bearings to 168 inch lbs (14 ft lbs) using a classy $50 "click" 
torque wrench from Home Depot.  

Thinking I'm almost home free, I go to secure the camshaft sprocket with 
chain on the front of the camshaft, and I can't get the bloody thing to fit 
back into the small center hole in the camshaft.  The chain is quite tight, 
and I'm about 1/16" away from getting it to slip together.

I tried gently leveraging the sprocket with a screwdriver, but no go.  Plus 
it's hard to find anything to push against on an aluminum head....

So, any bright ideas how to get the assembly back together?  

As usual, any and all replies much appreciated.

Thanks!

Bruce
1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
Chapel Hill, NC

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