SD Ever break a roller cam?
he discovered that the roller cam had snapped between
the area around the last 2 lobes.
I agree with all that has been written in replies about this
so far. But to shed a little more light on this, my 90 VNT
Daytona Shelby has broken 2 cams. The first one
David,
I have seen this quite a few times working at the dealer and everyone broke
in the same exact place, between the intake and exhaust lobe of the #1
cylinder.
While I haven't seen it in a few years because of the decline of the 2.2 and
2.5 powered cars every once and a while it will pop
One extra step I would do if it is a used cam is to install the camshaft
without the followers and make sure it is not bent. It should turn evenly
without binding.
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David,
I have seen this quite a few times working at the dealer and everyone
broke
in the same exact
I had a roller cam break on my 1988 Sundance T1 about three years ago. I
was sitting at a traffic light when the engine suddenly stopped. Prior
to the traffic light, I was in stop-and-go traffic. When I tried to
re-start, only the starter turned. I pushed the car into a gas station
and
A good idea but one thing comes to mind.
Could be a warped head, I have seen the head be bent and the cam saddles be
off but usually after a severe overheat condition and then the head was
resurfaced.
I have never seen a bent camshaft yet, the word yet is there for a reason but
this would be
Had this happen to myself too! Fired up the car (90 Daytona) It was the
middle of winter, about 15C below. car ran fine, drove about 2kms, and she
up and died, rolled it over, and it sounded like the timing belt was gone,
So we pulled the timing belt cover off, and the cam sprocket was hanging
I had one break in my '87 CSX. I think it was between cylinders 1 and 2,
if I remember right. I can confirm that a 2.2L will run on one cylinder,
but not very well or for very long. :) My opinion is that it is often
caused by too much tension on the timing belt. I'm pretty sure that was
the case
