sorry to hear about your luck man. hope you get it all figured out soon

 

Thanks man I appreciate it. Ivr been working way too much and havnt had the time to tear it all the way down but I'm kinda scratching my head at this point. Po343 a lot of people have had cam gears loosen but preload and length was correct as well as seat pressure and coil bind etc. I'm kinda stumped but I guess I'll see little by little at a time. If I can save the snapchat video from the other day I'll post the pushrod. It's not horrible but one is noticeably bent. I just hope piston didn't hit the valve or the lifters are junk but luck isn't really on my side as we all can tell lolol

 

Well the carnage is in lol. Cam gear loosened taking out the dowel on the cam and mushrooming q lifter as well as wiping another out. The hex adjust shattered and took out the dowel. Drained the oil to find a **** ton of shavings and two needles from the bearings. So it's either take the chance and fish out the shroomed lifter or pull the engine and do things as I wanted in the first place

 

How'd that happen? Did you loctite it in and torque to spec?

 

Loctited to spec but somehow loosened up. No ptv issues either everything torqued to spec etc. Unless somehow I had a defective lifter. Reguardless it's a mess

 

FYI depending on the balancer used some have had the same issue as you, the harmonics from some of the balancers causes the chains to flex alot and put additional stress on the cam sprocket and causes the bolts to break or back out

Kurt urban spoke about this several yrs ago on Ls1tech and YB

the ASP pulleys are known for this

 

Hit the nail righr on the head...I have an asp on it atm