>decide to bang out 120k mile timing service myself over the weekend >while everything's apart also decide to change out all the front seals / shit since it's easy to reach >get first few seals out no problem, last cam seal is a struggle >literally feels like someone welded it in there, everything's bouncing off this seal and it's not budging an inch >after an hour of fucking with this one seal get impatient and just bludgeon it with a screwdriver >mfw finally pull seal out and there's a scratch on the camshaft
fucking kill me Veeky Forums, this shit better not cause a huge fucking oil leak. why do idiots like me even try to do their own work on cars, should have ponied up the extra money and gone to a mechanic. can you guys please pray for me? I sanded and polished the scratch to make sure it didn't snag on anything, all that's left now is to put it back together and hope it doesn't start leaking.
times you fucked up while wrenching thread?
Samuel Johnson
>scratched cam shaft >makes scratch worse by sanding and polishing it
Seriously how stupid are you? Cam shafts don't cause oil leaks either. Lrn 2 car
Blake Price
The cam's covered by a seal, if the scratch snags the seal then the seal will fuck up and start leaking. I didn't literally sand down the scratch to nothing, just hit it with some extra fine paper to make sure it didn't catch.
Jace Flores
I think you're over reacting dude. Like forreal
John Howard
What engine? If you're that worried about it you could probably get an oem cam from a pick n pull for cheap
Jeremiah Carter
VG30DE. Changing the cams would be a huge bitch. I'd rather just start it up when I'm done putting back the timing shit and idle it for a bit with no cover on to make sure there's no leaks. If it is leaking I'll probably end up doing that or just ordering a single cam online somewhere.
Joseph Harris
Nah replacing a cam ain't so bad
Adam Rivera
m8 don't stress, you're bound to fuck some shit up on your path to spanner-spinning glory.
Sand it back with fine sandpaper and see how it looks, if you're a bit iffy on it go and buy a stock cam from a wrecker or something.
If its your DD then you kinda goofed, catch the bus for the next couple of days or something
Jason Nguyen
fuck, I'm not to great with wrenching so for me it'll be a struggle. If it comes to it yeah I'll tear it apart and give it a try but fuck here's hoping it works fine on the first start
>m8 don't stress, you're bound to fuck some shit up on your path to spanner-spinning glory.
yeah that's what my father (ex-mechanic) said when I called him asking for advice when I got the scratch. Thankfully it's not my only car so I can drive something else for a while but it still feels like shit when you're trying to learn how to wrench and you fuck shit up, you know?
Brody Hill
>I'm not to great with wrenching so for me it'll be a struggle. yet your doing your own timing service and replacing your own seals, more than the average car diyer can (wants to) manage
