I didn't have a look at the mating cam follower to see what it looked like -- I think John looked at them and didn't notice anything unusual. He and Mr. Ladd will look at those things next week.G-Man wrote:Vince
What does the mating cam follower look like? Difficult to see from your photo but it does look like it has been hot at some time.
Do you cam followers have the lube hole in the middle of the pad? I don't think those work as well as the early type as the hole breaks up the lubrication 'wedge' across the cam follower.
Id does look like the facing has de-laminated from the base camshaft material. Whether that caused the problem or was a result is difficult to say without closer inspection.
Don't forget that those missing particles are now inside the engine......
I wouldn't re-use that cam if I were you.
More pictures, please.
G
No I do not have the ones with the holes -- the ones I have are solid.
I can't say whether it was hot at some time or not -- it was getting plenty of oil, mind you I was doing high-speed runs in hot weather, so maybe that could have been a contributing factor?
I'll have to ask John about those particles inside the engine -- I have the Cappellini paper oil filter kit, so hopefully it might catch whatever might be in there.
We've decided to go back to the stock cam -- no more camshaft experiments.
