Cam Pins

[woodrow]

Well my cars at the dealer with all four cams out. Now i got to figure were the **** am i going to send them? Should i send them to the Sho Shop or would any good machine shop be able to handle this. I do live in Canada and don't want to have something happen to these in delivering them, at close to six grand worth of cams, it would be a great loss. Has anybody else sent there cams out for pinning and if so where. Thanks

 

[Mac98SHO]

Figure out if the Cams are worth fixing...... You mmay need to replace one or too. Of course if you already have then ignore me

 

[SHODWN]

They should be welded in the car using the cam alignment tool provided from FORD, the chain wont stretch and if the sproket has walked the tool will move the shaft back into its proper location.

Pinning should not be an option, the pin would have to be the smae strenght (exactly) as the sproket so the pin would not wear the sproket and the sproket would not wear the pin.

My opinion: DONT PIN THEM, put them back in and have them weld them in the car.

 

[stephen newberg]

Though I think that Kirk is right, in that welding is a superior solution, it is worth noting that various forms of pinning are routinely used in many high power motor and torque oriented applications, including those in the highly corrosive marine engineering environment, and work very successfully without the kind of pin requirements that Kirk is suggesting. Since the point of strengthening the connection between the sprocket and the cam is to prevent the beginnings of movement in the first place, a properly done pin connection should work just fine. Though I admit that I too would get more emotional comfort from a high quality weld, even knowing intellectually that the pin would in all likelyhood be quite sufficient.

pax, smn

 

[Gianni]

Does anyone know anyone in Mass. that can weld the cams?

 

[mholhut]

Wal-Mart sells a welder for $89. I might go that route thumbs_u

 

[SHODWN]

Mike, I may have found the guy to do it. It is TIG welded like it should be too. I wil have mine done before the convention and will discuss a un sanctioned NON warrantied cam weld day hopefull for 1/2 the cost of FPS. (No offense Doug)

Also After talking with Doug and several welders TIG welding the cams is a much better way. Last night I was talking with a welder and he was saying with a Mig the first 1/16th ot the weld is cold. Cold means no pentration, the present way they are doing it is 3, 1/4 inch welds per cam, which means 1/4 of the 1/4 inch weld is no good. I want to do this once and only once.