Cam gear removal?

[1fast97gsx]

how do you guys pull off the cam gears on a 2g nt? I'm working on a timing belt / water pump and this car has some retarded plastic cover behind the timing belt that needs to come off to get to the water pump. In order to get that off the cam gears need to be pulled it looks like. How do you loosen the center bolt holding the cam gears without turning the cams? On my gsx you can hold the cam with a wrench under the valve cover and loosen the bolt ... but these nt cams don't have the slot to hold them with a wrench so I'm clueless on how to keep them from spinning? Help asap would be appreciated.

 

[shaneyeend]

Just use an impact gun, it will losen and remove them with barly moving the cams at all.it works well, just hold the cam gears when doing so, that will prevent any movment.

 

[1fast97gsx]

Just use an impact gun, it will losen and remove them with barly moving the cams at all.it works well, just hold the cam gears when doing so, that will prevent any movment.

yea ... but how do you fit an impact gun in the engine bay to reach the bolts??? The engine is in the car.

 

[speedy13]

it's called a universal movemant adapter.

 

[Colossus]

mmmmm.....breaker bar.

 

[1fast97gsx]

mmmmm.....breaker bar.

the question was how to keep the cam from turning so I can loosen the bolt, not how can I get more leverage to get it loose.

I ended up getting it though ... thanks.