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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Catastrophic camshaft and follower failure - any ideas?
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<blockquote data-quote="ossie" data-source="post: 5584" data-attributes="member: 118"><p>nothing to do with the wear on your cams but i did have the split pin come out of the valve lifter on my shadow and the loose lifter rod went into the cam gears and took off part of a tooth on the large idler i had it welded up and it sat in my spares box for years.</p><p>i then put in about three ally gears but they all wore their teeth to points after a while.</p><p> so i dressed up the steel one and took it up to a club night and asked for the views of the assembled mob?</p><p>mr chapman said it looked like a good repair so i replaced it and its been in place for ages with no problems only half of one tooth was missing so i filed it to match that profile.</p><p>ps i am a precission engineer by trade but did not want to wreck my engine. </p><p> after 42 years of ownership replaced tyres and chains had 1 rebore and the heads serviced at conways gold hawk rd but have never split the cases to check the flywheel assembly etc cant do that or i cant ride it .</p><p>it might rattle but it gets used.</p><p>must get everything ready for hever and then the annual its a busy month ?[off to visit freinds in sarasota fl. for a rest] then the annual dinner at stevanage..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ossie, post: 5584, member: 118"] nothing to do with the wear on your cams but i did have the split pin come out of the valve lifter on my shadow and the loose lifter rod went into the cam gears and took off part of a tooth on the large idler i had it welded up and it sat in my spares box for years. i then put in about three ally gears but they all wore their teeth to points after a while. so i dressed up the steel one and took it up to a club night and asked for the views of the assembled mob? mr chapman said it looked like a good repair so i replaced it and its been in place for ages with no problems only half of one tooth was missing so i filed it to match that profile. ps i am a precission engineer by trade but did not want to wreck my engine. after 42 years of ownership replaced tyres and chains had 1 rebore and the heads serviced at conways gold hawk rd but have never split the cases to check the flywheel assembly etc cant do that or i cant ride it . it might rattle but it gets used. must get everything ready for hever and then the annual its a busy month ?[off to visit freinds in sarasota fl. for a rest] then the annual dinner at stevanage.. [/QUOTE]
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