Originally posted by rkelachim:
I tried just loosening thecrankshaft pully using the resistance from the flat bar locked in the cams, that was a mistake, I must have stripped out some keys in the gears that turn the cam shaft.
Jesus. You're damn lucky that those gears turned, because if they had stayed locked you might well have cracked the metal of the camshaft. There are good reasons why the manuals urge you very strongly not to use that alignment slot to hold the cams still while wrenching at the other end.
