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Apr 19, 2006 | 10:36 PM

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Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Weird thing is all of the lifters look fine. No signs or irregular wear or anything. I measured the base circles of several of the lobes ant they were different. 1.390 on some and 1.425 on others. Is this normal? Any input would be great.

Apr 19, 2006 | 10:48 PM

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i posted some pics of an F13 looked kinda like that.

Apr 19, 2006 | 10:56 PM

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thats horrible looking, what cam is that. f13?

Apr 19, 2006 | 11:00 PM

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is that a chunk missing from the cam? also you will see some wear on a cam but shouldnt be that much

Apr 19, 2006 | 11:00 PM

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Yeah there are chunks missing on about half of the lobes.

Apr 19, 2006 | 11:03 PM

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i posted some pics of an F13 looked kinda like that.

What caused it? Bid the cam manufacturer do anything about it?

Apr 19, 2006 | 11:10 PM

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wow now that is scarry

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Apr 19, 2006 | 11:30 PM

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Jesus man what happened??

Apr 19, 2006 | 11:52 PM

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Jesus man what happened??

Don't know for sure yet. It only had about 850 miles on it.

Apr 20, 2006 | 09:39 AM

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Any other ideas on the cause?

Apr 20, 2006 | 10:13 AM

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Yes, sadly many of us have pulled out cams that look like that. Many different opinions about what may have caused it ranging from improper hardening, insuficcient spring pressure, improper cam grinding or polishing, etc. F-13s had a bad batch last year and allan is replacing some torn up cams. if thats an f13 contact allan and see what he says.