owie on a cam.

[towcat]

since I'm on a mission collecting cams for Russ, my worker found this little gem while pulling apart a motor.
my guess is when the rod snapped, it had to go somewhere to lock up the motor.
see pics.

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[tham]

OUCH!! That had to hurt.

 

[freebird01]

that'll buff out

 

[itsacrazyasian]

that'll buff out

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[wmoguy]

A lil JB Weld and you are back in business!

 

[OLDBULL8]

Ta hell with the cam. What's in the bag on the floor? A ******* file will fix that right up, roller lifters will jump right over a little dent.

 

[Ironman03R]

Thats nothin, I snapper one into 5 pieces in a 350 chevy I greneded in my old plow truck!

 

[sle2115]

Thats nothin, I snapper one into 5 pieces in a 350 chevy I greneded in my old plow truck!

I've busted a couple as well, couple small block chevies, but the worst one was in a 389 Pontiac (my 66 GTO), it busted into several pieces, one piece we never found! lol it exited the engine and looked to be 3 inches or so long, was turning just under 6800 when a rod let loose...prolly still laying in the weeds at National Trails!

 

[typ4]

I've busted a couple as well, couple small block chevies, but the worst one was in a 389 Pontiac (my 66 GTO), it busted into several pieces, one piece we never found! lol it exited the engine and looked to be 3 inches or so long, was turning just under 6800 when a rod let loose...prolly still laying in the weeds at National Trails!

Well jeez theres your problem, you cannot spin a stock rodded Poncho over 6k, no matter how big the cam is. I have umm lets say found this out personally, they will fail after several 6200 passes. Pistons are so heavy it jerks the rod in half.

Calvin , that one is fixable so dont scrap it, they are getting that hard to find, they will mag it and put it on the weld as needed pile.

 

[oregon96psd]

why are they hard to find? just the oem ones or what. are the aftermarket ones no good?

 

[typ4]

cores for my cam grinder are getting low, I owe them a couple , or rather some customers owe me a couple, Just trying to keep them available for torque grinding.

 

[Dieselcrawler]

i got two in the garage i can bring along to the rally and send home with calvin.....

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

cores for my cam grinder are getting low, I owe them a couple , or rather some customers owe me a couple, Just trying to keep them available for torque grinding.

I'll get ya 3 but I'm gonna need a modified one back Russ.

 

[subway]

i pulled mine out but it has some surface rust from laying around. would it still be usable?

 

[typ4]

i pulled mine out but it has some surface rust from laying around. would it still be usable?

yes