Valvetrain noise after cam swap

[1988GTU]

Yea I know the place. I have one of there business cards.
Lackey Performance
25426 Ryan Rd
Warren, MI 48091
Near 10 mile.
From what I'm told they are not out there to shaft people of parts. Just a bunch of youngin's running a shop.

[gectek]

haha, a bunch of lackeys, doing lackey work...irony at its finest

[geldartb]

doesnt seem like there running a shafty buisness they just need to get there shit together and ship things out when they say there going to.

[1988GTU]

doesnt seem like there running a shafty buisness they just need to get there shit together and ship things out when they say there going to.

Correct.

[geldartb]

ill give them a little call on friday and he can overnight the lifters, this is slightly rediculous its been a month now, i just want the damn car so i can drive it this year.

[geldartb]

wow wtf they cant even empty there voicemail box ah well guess im just gonna have to keep calling till they pick up.

this is beyond rediculous and im beyond pissed off.

anyone live near there wanna pay them a visit and get my lifters so i can get this done this year.

[IsaacHayes]

LOL damn man the fun never stops huh? Seems like everything I do is like that the past few years.

[Superdave]

while you are waiting.. pull the timing cover and verify that your cam bolt is torqued to 104 ft-lbs.

that solved all the valvetrain noise issues that we had in Damon's 3400. His sounded just like yours.

[gectek]

104 ft lbs...G-D thats more than the wheels, my question is, how the hell do you hold the cam still to do that? even with the sprocket and chain? you have to use a crank socket?

[turboD]

Just to touch on the subject of money orders (yea, I know, two pg's ago), just use a US Postal Service money order. 1, you can get a receipt, and 2, if you get shafted on the deal, it's a federal crime - mail fraud !!! The Postal inspectors take a real dim view of it.

[RedBird]

i just jammed a 3" 3/8ths drive extension in one of the holes on the cam sprocket and turned the motor by hand until it caught on a boss on the block. holds it still really well

[Superdave]

i just jammed a 3" 3/8ths drive extension in one of the holes on the cam sprocket and turned the motor by hand until it caught on a boss on the block. holds it still really well

Yep, that's what i do as well

[IsaacHayes]

I just tightened it down and the motor didn't turn over... well maybe it did and I put a screwdriver in the flexplate starter teeth. I can't remember.

[geldartb]

i used my old shitty breaker bar going the opposite direction to torque the cam gear down so i know thats not going anywhere. i had the spark plugs out so there wasnt anything holding the motor from turning on that aspect.

and yes i did use a postal money order so how do i go about pursuing that matter never had to deal with crap like this.

[geldartb]

wow finally got a hold of someone from this place. kid claims he shipped them out 10 days ago and i got a confirmation number out of him which the guy at the post office says doesnt exist.

anyways he says hell ship another set out today so if by next friday i still have nothing, im taking my receipt to the post office and getting my money back.