found 2, 308 camshafts during a shed cleanout. 1 is a crane the other a wadf.
Rusty camshafts saveable through regrind?
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, Jul 02 2014 08:09 PM
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:09 PM
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:10 PM
A brand spanker billet can be had for like $300?
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:22 PM
Have seen cams cleaned up on a lathe with a linishing with fine emery cloth and some kero
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:24 PM
crane cch-276 jesus 24.03.93
wade h 28 is all i can read
wade h 28 is all i can read
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:42 PM
yellow bin or green bin?
Rockoz were they this bad?
Bomber the chienese mite give me 300 for em if the mrs lets me stockpile for annother 10years.
Rockoz were they this bad?
Bomber the chienese mite give me 300 for em if the mrs lets me stockpile for annother 10years.
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 08:50 PM
Personally, i'd ditch them. The hard coating is goneskies, will cost more than a brand new custom grind billet to get them back into shape.
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 10:38 PM
Better to "recycle / redesign" than toss em, Weld a brake drum to both ends and you have a pot stand for thu garden......
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 10:46 PM
THe main speakers for my shed are sitting on old Holden six cams welded to some ZZR600 brake rotors.
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 11:04 PM
They are pretty bad.
Ditch them. Even though they are probably still better than a standard cam.
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 11:23 PM
If you can find a rusty motor they'll probably be ok.
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Posted 02 July 2014 - 11:45 PM
I bought a regrind off of Rare Spares once.
I also have worn a cam lobe round on one lobe once too,
which was not a regrind, go figure
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Posted 03 July 2014 - 11:12 AM
The old Holden V8 cams were very prone to wearing lobes.
For those rusty cams if the journals clean up ok then they are usable.
Re grinding for a lumpy cam actually takes most meat off the low part of the cam and reshapes the higher section.
Grinding a blank cam is preferable so that the valve train geometry can be kept closer to original
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