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csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 12:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was rebuilding my engine....and broke a camshaft
any ideas how?..why?

pistons were all mid stroke...all the valves open fine...buckets were all springy..and i pulled all the caps down evenly.....
just the last tweek snapped it
Dave A
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21st Oct 06 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


pics!!!
csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Cybermonkey
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were you touching a Honda at some point today? you might have had VTEC on your fingers
csweatherston
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csweatherston
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waahaha...ictually i serviced a civic lsi before i started work on my engine.....
not v-tec tho...
csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 13:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will this work in my birds 12v?......even with the lobe missing off the end?
Cybermonkey
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21st Oct 06 at 13:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no the stroke wont match...
csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 13:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shame...i was well up for trying it...
Jenko_Sport
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21st Oct 06 at 14:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Iv got some standard x14xe cams, yours for £20 if there any help.
csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate but i have plenty of standard cams lying around here lol

x16/x14/c16...there all the same arnt they?.......
Jenko_Sport
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21st Oct 06 at 14:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Havent got a clue fella but thought id offer just incase
Kurt
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21st Oct 06 at 15:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just weld it!!
Cybermonkey
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you are joking right?
Kurt
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yeah lol
csweatherston
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i was thinking superglue.......or maybe bluetack
Kurt
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hmmm bluetack sounds a good un or chewing gum, practically the same consistency as blue tack
csweatherston
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21st Oct 06 at 16:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
with an added minty fragrence mmmmm


but know1 has any idea how why it happened?
Jenko_Sport
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I think you found your inner Hulk in you
Dave A
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21st Oct 06 at 16:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice job!
Ben ev
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21st Oct 06 at 17:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
reckon you got the wrong torque settings. done a nice job though
ainsley_brader
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21st Oct 06 at 17:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
torque settings wouldnt snap a cam.

Whats the brake look like any flaws in it.
Why was the cam out?
Warren G
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21st Oct 06 at 17:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
done up tight up at one end, when tightening unevenly? or left lose?
Cybermonkey
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still shouldnt snap a cam in half, its a very tough piece to break indeed. my guess is a hairline fracture, and you just toying with it has caused it to break. just bad timing i guess (no pun intended)
csweatherston
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22nd Oct 06 at 08:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was rebuilding the engine with new followers......half pulled down, hadnt even started torquing yet...
i baught them 2nd hand soo i have no idea, they may have been slightly fractured

if i used the piper cam for the inlet (unbroken one) and the standard exhaust cam.....wouldnt that give me shiiite loads of torque??...or vice versa

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