24-09-2022, 07:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-09-2022, 07:26 PM by John Cornforth.)
Hi
I appreciate that too much camshaft end float is not a good thing, but can someone explain quite why this makes an engine sound/run roughly ? I assume that 20 thou isn't enough to make the cam lobe sides clash with anything ?
When I rebuilt my engine years ago the end float was 4 thou. OK, I thought, i'll take it apart and correct it. After a couple of hours of failed attempts to get the gear off the end of the camshaft, I gave up and settled for 4 thou instead of 2. Should I have persevered ?
I appreciate that too much camshaft end float is not a good thing, but can someone explain quite why this makes an engine sound/run roughly ? I assume that 20 thou isn't enough to make the cam lobe sides clash with anything ?
When I rebuilt my engine years ago the end float was 4 thou. OK, I thought, i'll take it apart and correct it. After a couple of hours of failed attempts to get the gear off the end of the camshaft, I gave up and settled for 4 thou instead of 2. Should I have persevered ?