Re: alfa-digest V9 #90 - chain tightening

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       I am not Fred, but I will tell you why I roll the car in gear to check 
cam timing and such.  I do have sockets to fit the crankshaft pulleyy on all 
Alfas.  However, you often cannot get a socket wrench on the crank pulley due 
to the fan, shroud etc.  Even if you can get a wrench on the crank, it is 
just faster to roll the car in gear.  If you have to turn it one complete 
revolution, that will be several strokes on the socket handle.  It is about 
two feet of rolling.

       Most domestic automobiles have automatic transmissions.  You cannot 
bump start them or otherwise turn the engine with the rear wheels.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 12/03/2002 5:48:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> 
> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:56:27 -0600
> From: "Ben Ament" <bament@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: chain tightening
> 
> Fred -
> Perhaps you can answer a question that has bothered me through 30 plus years
> of working on cars both professionally and as a hobby - Why do so many of
> the foreign manufacturers and those, like you, who advise owners about
> maintaining their cars, insist upon rotating the engine by rolling it in
> gear? It is so much easier, not to mention accurate, to turn the engine with
> the crank nut/bolt. Not only that, but it can be done with the car in the
> air (of course, on stands or a hoist). Most domestic manufacturers quit
> recommending the rolling method years ago.
> 
> Respectfully (and I hope the response is, as well),
> Ben
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