Kdp

[jimnance]

Where can I find the jig to do the KDP fix without removing the timing cover?



Jim

 

[Philip]

I would not use the drill and pray kit.



Our trucks also have trouble with the camshaft retainer bolts coming loose. We had two members a few years back that had camshafts broken when the retainer bolts came out. When I did my KDP the retainer bolts were loose. When I say loose they had no torque on them what so ever. I screwed one out with my fingers.

 

[jimnance]

OK, does D. C. sell the tab arangement, or is this a do it yourself project?

 

[Philip]

DC doesn't sell a tab kit. If you talk to them most likely they wouldn't let on like they have ever heard of a KDP problem.



The tab kit for a 2nd gen is different also.



There is one place selling 1st gen tab kits. But I can't remember their name. Most of us just stake them in.

 

[Moab4x4]

This is one of those projects that once you get in there,you look at it and go "is that all there is to this?"

Now, putting a new front seal in the timing cover while you are there sounded easier than it was.

Ken

 

[rlyons]

PDR has the kit here,



PDR Diesel Performance: 12V 1st Gen

 

[bgilbert]

Peen it for heavens sake!!! Moab is right, it's nothing to be afraid of. Just take care of a few things while you're there, antifreeze change, new front seal and front cover gasket from Cummins, remove/clean/loctite/18ftlb torque all bolts inside the case, then PEEN the dowel hole.

 

[JLEONARD]

Yes, stake it in place... I'd argue that it's better than tabbing and it's free, but that's not the point here.

Use a flat ended punch (or hardened bolt), maybe 1/4 dia, approx 1/3 of the punch over the hole. Give it a couple of decent whacks with a 16 oz hammer making sure some material is diplaced into the hole (doesn't need to be much). Repeat 3 (or 4) places around the hole as evenly as you can (no measuring allowed) and you will be as good as it gets.

Jay

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

I staked the 97 also. I was going to tab it but it had a step (raised boss area) that made tabbing a bit more complicated... so I staked it. The 98 came already tabbed.