Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
Just so i understand...if you over tighten the cam caps what would happen?...Especially the first one that goes over the front cam seal?...(Previously everything was over tightened hence the need for helicoils)
The most likely outcome is stripping the thread (like yours has done) potentially you could see distortion in the cap too, but it would have to be very tight for that and i would expect it to damage the thread first.