RE: Cam followers - was routine retorque

[bill leclair <billleclair@domain.elided>]

I read at one time in the IAP catalog that IAP will not warranty their new 
cams if new followers were not used at the time of installation, The new 
followers from IAP are something around $24.00 a piece. You could probably 
skip buying new followers and buy another set of cams.


Bill (not an experienced engine builder) LeClair







-----Original Message-----
From:	Brian Shorey [SMTP:bshorey@domain.elided]
Sent:	Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:00 PM
To:	alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject:	Cam followers - was routine retorque

>        Some mechanics form really off the wall opinions about
> certain things.
>  It may have to do with too much exposure to auto exhaust gasses or
> something.  In any case, none of the Alfa manuals suggest draining the
> radiator just to retorque the head one bolt at a time.  And I can see no
> reason to drain the radiator for this operation.
<snip>

Speaking of which...

In a recent discussion with another digester, the topic of reusing cam
followers came up.  He mentioned that he had heard (from a mechanic) that 
it
was important to keep followers together with the lobe they had been under.

I've never heard this before.  It would seem to me that if a follower is
flat, it shouldn't matter which lobe it sits under, and that if it's worn 
to
any measurable amount, it should be replaced.

If it were true that followers couldn't move to another lobe, then wouldn't
it stand that if you were replacing a cam shaft then you would *have* to
replace all of the followers (as the ones that were in there had spent time
under the lobe of another camshaft)?

I've replaced cams before and have not changed the followers.

I'm curious as to what the general feeling is of the expert engine builders
on the digest.

bs

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