Pitted camshaft
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Pitted camshaft 
Bought a used camshaft, the guy said it was lightly used... lol yeah right! There’s is a food amount of pitting on 4 of the loves. When I run my fingers over the pitting I can’t really feel it but it’s there even after trying to buff it out. Would you run this cam or do I need to get my money back?
It doesnt look like it was run long, but it was run wrong. Too much preload maybe? Not enough valve spring and caused some bounce? Oiling issues? Dirty? Who knows but something not jiving there
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What type of cam is that? It looks like a re-ground. Were they welded etra material on the lobe area the re shaped it. It looks like weld porosity. I would use it. It dont look too bad. Had a buddy with issues on his dod 5.3 and one of his lobes was scored a bit worst then that. Someone recommended him some sorth of additive, it escapes me now. But it was supposed to restore bearing surfaces and ****. I was skeptic, but he showed the cam after about 10k and the damn lobe looked way better then before.
Personally i won't put anything on my motor other then a quart of trans flud the week before the oil change. But thet's just me.
Again, i'd use that cam.
Personally i won't put anything on my motor other then a quart of trans flud the week before the oil change. But thet's just me.
Again, i'd use that cam.
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Good news, the guy gave me a full refund and said I can keep the cam since it’s damaged and for wasting my time. Not bad, maybe I’ll get it reground and throw it in a cheap drag build, but I’m not trusting it in my ls1
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Send it off to delta cam in Tacoma. I sent them a wiped put 224r and then reground it, fixed the bad lobe and made it slightly more aggressive....an option if you didnt spend alot on it that is.
cost me $154 shipped.
cost me $154 shipped.
