[alfa] Re: Cam lock tabs, and alternatives

[Highwoodalfa@xxxxxxx]

I've still got about 50 of these in stock if anyone's interested.

Chris Sweetapple
Highwood Motor Company
Swansea, U.K.
www.highwoodalfa.com

In a message dated 09/12/2003 14:40:15 GMT Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:53:47 -0800
> From: Jon Pike <jhpike@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Cam lock tabs, and alternatives
> 
> I was searching around for some of these,  they seem to be going 
> extinct.   John Norman had some, but I was told that they don't 
> currently have a supplier. 
> 
> So, I was wondering in the face of possible new unobtainable part (not 
> that something like this should be pretty easy and cheap for a supplier 
> to make, or even a Alfisti)  I was wondering if people do something else 
> here,  a loctite or some other solution?  I think the racing crowd might 
> be changing cam timing on a fairly regular basis (or does everyone have 
> dedicated race cars nowadays?) does one use a locktab each and every 
> time?  And, there's that pesky removal of the entire cam to have the 
> clearance to take off the nut to actually change the locktab.
> 
> I'd like to hear that one can forgo them for some other method,  but 
> then again,  I don't want to have my sprocket come loose at 6500 rpm,  
> either...
> 
> Group mind comments encouraged
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