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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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Does anyone have a trick to get the cam cover off ? I am changing my exhaust and decided to take a look at my tensioners. The cover won't budge.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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I'm sure dawg will be here soon to share some knowledge, but I bet you're gonna need a soft mallet of some kind to beat the $hit out of it.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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hahaha, we had to take a rubber mallet to petemac's cam cover when we did his cam job. Take a rubber mallet and bop it on the side and it should come off.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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Thanks dawg, I actually tried that but it didn't work. I guess I need to hit it a little harder.
 
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hahaha, we had to take a rubber mallet to petemac's cam cover when we did his cam job. Take a rubber mallet and bop it on the side and it should come off.
You conveniently forgot to mention that you wailed on that cover for at least an hour.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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We had to pound the snot out of petemac's cover. We held a rag over the cover and took a good swing and it finally came off.
 
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Did you take a pic of that soos, or just the stop sign post to get the headbolts off!!
 
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Petemac Cams Note the pics of dawg wailin' on the cover. You can't see the mallet, it's just a blur. dawg was really poundin' the chit outta the cover.
 
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It's always fun to pound on a Buddy's machine!
 
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It's always fun to pound on a Buddy's machine!
I'll pound my own, thanks!
 
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