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Originally Posted by mhmitszach
Well, I'm going to call tygen tomorrow and have my dad check it out monday.
From my understanding, the belt stopped the shaft and as a result, when I tried starting the car, locked it up and bent it. You should've seen the belt, 1/3 of it was ripped down the middle.
And yes, the zetec is a non-interferance.
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I just can't imagine a nylon-reinforced belt bending the camshaft with only the power of the starter (about 3HP, I think) pulling on it.
I'm not saying that you're wrong, I'm just saying that you may have misunderstood what was said, or it wasn't explained properly. (No way to say that without it sounding mean, but you know what I'm getting at, I think.)
Ty's right, though... a pic would be greatly helpful.
Are the cam gears stamped steel or aluminum cast? I
can imagine one of those breaking, I've had it happen before (with cast aluminum ones). I can even imagine a stamped steel one bending... I just can't see the camshaft bending/breaking without doing some serious other damage... there's a bearing surface RIGHT behind the cam gear, so the starter's power can't even get decent leverage on the 1" stub of a cam that it's pulling on.