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Old Aug 1, 2016 | 08:05 AM
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I have all the stuff and would "rent" them to you if you can not locate any locally. Just send me a PM and we can work out the details.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2016 | 10:21 AM
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I could swear someone here on the Forum was renting the tools needed for a cam change. They may have been doing it through ebay.
SpiderPig is the member renting the tools.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 05:27 AM
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Thanks for the help on getting tools but I should be able to get them locally or get the cam pressed out and put back in fairly cheap.

I will still be buying the inner cam bearing puller/installer because I can get one fairly cheap and in the grand scheme of things money wise I think it would be better to have.

Has anyone used the dog bones from snap-on for the rocker boxes? Are they required?

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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SJ12DS
Has anyone used the dog bones from snap-on for the rocker boxes? Are they required?

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You don't need the ones from Snap On, Amazon has them pretty cheap https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-J5114...orque+adapters for example, as well as other places. They're needed to torque the bolts on the left side. If you're not worried about exact torque you can reach them with a regular wrench.


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Originally Posted by ROCKOUT Rocker Products
You don't need the ones from Snap On, Amazon has them pretty cheap https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-J5114...orque+adapters for example, as well as other places. They're needed to torque the bolts on the left side. If you're not worried about exact torque you can reach them with a regular wrench.

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Instead of the dogbones I used a 1/2" open end/box end wrench and my 1/2" drive torque wrench in the open end. I know it is not perfect but it is closer than my guess would have been.
 
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