Originally Posted by
coswurv
No your misunderstanding me, I agree that taking the key out and doing the pulley bolt will stop it from moving on the cam, but where you have written the key doesn't stop movement, it clearly does stop any movement when fitted, it's logical physics that two moving parts locked together by what is basically a biscuit joint can't turn independently.
ok, but when the bolt is torqued up, it is not the job of the woodruff key to stop the two assemblies from rotating independently, it is purely for ease of assembly, nothing else.