Another camlock thread.

[RealMcCoy]

There has been much discussion over the years about the benifits of camlockers when working on our motors... Many won't do the job without them, others say: "real men don't need no @$#%ing camlocks!"

Personally I think they make the job harder than it has to be... When working on cars for a living, time is money. Trying to nail the tension on the belt first try with lockers in the way just turns into a PITA.

But then there's that front cam that always wants to take off... If you're careful, and take your time, you can certainly keep it in check. But if you're trying to get things done, (the time is money thing again...) and you do more than one every 60K you drive your car, it's only a matter of time before it gets away from you. Now most would say "No big deal, just put it back...", which is a reasonable enough theory... What is not considered is Murphy's law, which requires it to take off while you have an appendage in close proximity, turning the front gear into a surprisingly effective meat saw.

Since time is money, and it takes time to stop the job, clean the flesh out of the gear, and hose the blood off of your customer's car, it would seem like a time saver to have something in place to prevent such an occurrence:





In case anyone is wondering, That's just a spare 8mm bolt with a short chunk of 5/16" fuel line shoved over it... You can simply screw it in by hand, it only takes a couple seconds in and out.