Re: Careful with that camshaft
I figured I would share this that I figured out about the sprocket removal. I bought a disassembled engine and had the very same fear of holding the cam in a vise or the head an did not want to put any more stress anywhere that it did not have to be.
ironically, the cam chain is basically identical to every aftermarket ford motorsports 302/small block timing chain kit. from that ford motorsports kit I used the chain and crank gear. looped the FM/302 chain around the LT5 cam gear on one end and the FM/302 crank gear on the other end of the FM/302 chain put the whole set up into a vice and pinched the chain tight. looks like a figure 8. muscled the cam blot came right out with zero stress on the cam or the cam sprocket. Worked like a charm on all 4 cams. I ended up putting zip ties to help hold the chain around the crank gear.
it was a surprise to me that the chains were pitch but a good surprise
John
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