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Subject: [T3] Cam question > > I got another for you guys+gals. My buddy and I were > replacing a few things on his bug eng and one of the > things was his oil pump. Now he had taken the stock > one out and put a gene berg ( i think) one in and it > was a little too big. The depth I mean. The cam was > not a Dished cam. Well he started to torque the thing > in and he saw that the pump was not flush with the > case like the stock was and we heard a loud !POP!. He > took the pump out and found that the cam gear was now > busted. This poor eng had only 20k (from rebuild) on > it when this happened. > > My question is .... > > Is this eng safe to rebuild? > Has this ever happened to anyone? > Due to money constraints I can only to afford to > replace the cam(which I already have), possibly > bearings and rings (of course). What would you > guys+gals do? > Replace the cam and cam bearings. The case should be OK. Be sure you have the right cam, oil pump, and case combination. Never force anything.......... Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe