OK, time to seek some guidance on an angle drive swap. My 2001 V70 X/C ate the angle drive at 320K miles. The seal on the pinion shaft failed, the slippery stuff got out and you can figure out the rest. When I pulled the drive the sump was full of ground up roller bearing pieces and the teeth on the...

Ahhh, light blinking on now....I didn't know about the cam slots aligning with the parting line between the cover and head. Everything's lined up now and the cam gear (intake side is back on) correctly positioned. Thanks all for the input and assistance. BTW, story here is this is my daily driver pa...

OK, not sure I understand your reply. The exhaust camshaft and gear are as they were when I broke the head down (so was the intake cam before I removed the gear w/o marking it's position on the shaft). If I rotate the exhaust cam and align the mark on the gear with mark on the cover, the exhaust cam...

Ok, I just did a bone head move. My son and I pulled the head on his '98 V70 and had the valves and seals redone. The head's back on the car w/o any problems. We put the cams back in, replaced the valve cover and replaced both rear cam seals. So far so good right? Our next task was to replace the fr...

Ok, I just did a bone head move. My son and I pulled the head on his '98 V70 and had the valves and seals redone. The head's back on the car w/o any problems. We put the cams back in, replaced the valve cover and replaced both rear cam seals. So far so good right? Our next task was to replace the fr...