Same size?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:29 pm
Are the outer front wheel bearing and the camshaft nut the same size?I
R/ Roger.
R/ Roger.
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Re: Same size?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:30 pm
I thought I knew, but it took awhile to find a camshaft and check. The answer is no. The camshaft nut is loose on a spindle. Of course the two nuts are completely different shapes, too.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:56 am
Not only are the nuts a different size, but the nut on the spindle has castles on it for cotter pin and the right nut has an opposite thread.
Norm
Norm
Re: Same size?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:37 am
If you are asking what size wrench it takes, I would have to check. I do know the cam gear lock nut would use the same size spark plug wrench as the Model A spark plugs. Also, the cam nut is part of the front seal, the seal rides on it and is also the spacer for the rotor or gear on a distributor setup.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:05 pm
Here is a tool I made from a Model T wheel wrench.
It fits the front bearing and the camshaft nut.
It fits the front bearing and the camshaft nut.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:18 pm
Bob I think you may be the only one that read the question correctly. 
I misread it. Great tool.
I misread it. Great tool.Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:53 am
Steve Coniff has a Snap On socket for the camshaft nut. I've not seen another.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:32 am
Bob I think you may be the only one that read the question correctly.
If everybody else read it incorrectly, maybe it was unclear.
This is what I made for the timing gear nut.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:04 pm
BE_ZERO_BE wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:05 pmHere is a tool I made from a Model T wheel wrench.
It fits the front bearing and the camshaft nut.
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I believe the other tool shown is a beer bottle wrench, is it not?
Nice job on the cam nut socket!!
Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:44 pm
There is a Snap-On socket on eBay right now.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SNAP-ON-36-F-S ... 4098385276
I have one as well but they are not deep enough to use on the spindle bearing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SNAP-ON-36-F-S ... 4098385276
I have one as well but they are not deep enough to use on the spindle bearing.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:18 pm
...they are not deep enough to use on the spindle bearing.
I think it would be pretty easy to make a socket for that, but #1349 is good enough.
Re: Same size?
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 11:04 pm
There is a Z tool for the camshaft nut. I have an early version, T2333. Like the flywheel wrench, it has a real dogleg offset, which causes both tools to crank off the nut well before they are properly tight. This damages the nut and the wrench.
On the camshaft nut I keep the wrench in place by slipping a big washer over the neck on the nut, a tubular sleeve next, and another washer up to which the roller timer nut is wound. This stops the wrench cranking off the cam nut.
Allan from down under.
On the camshaft nut I keep the wrench in place by slipping a big washer over the neck on the nut, a tubular sleeve next, and another washer up to which the roller timer nut is wound. This stops the wrench cranking off the cam nut.
Allan from down under.