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GS850 Cam Lobe

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Arley

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Got the valve clearances sorted out but discovered this in the process.



It's the #3 exhaust and I assume someone has rotated the engine with no shim in the bucket. Also about half of the cap bolts have been replaced with something from the hardware store as shown in the pic.

Will it be safe to run with the lobe in that condition?

On the other hand the gaskets came off no-muss, no-fuss, little clean-up.:)

Thanks,
Rick
 
As long as there is no metal protruding from the lobes and scoring the shim/bucket, you should be fine. Double-check the condition of the shims/buckets, though. Make sure you don't see any metal shavings still hanging around in the head area as well.

Check that the hardware store bolts are the proper grade. If it were me, I would be inclined to replace them with the correct OEM bolts and retorque them all to service manual specs, but I'm OCD like that.
 
eil said:
Check that the hardware store bolts are the proper grade. If it were me, I would be inclined to replace them with the correct OEM bolts and retorque them all to service manual specs, but I'm OCD like that.
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That looks like an 8.8 bolt, which is NOT the correct grade. I'd fix that pronto, then maybe go smack the PO who did that upside the head. (Is it really so damn hard to use a torque wrench?)


As eil noted, the cam lobe should be fine.
 
bwringer said:
That looks like an 8.8 bolt, which is NOT the correct grade. I'd fix that pronto, then maybe go smack the PO who did that upside the head. (Is it really so damn hard to use a torque wrench?)


As eil noted, the cam lobe should be fine.
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Thanks guys,

O.K. I've ordered the bolts. Hate to wait another week and a half for O.E.M. just to get it tuned properly.

I've had the thing for two years and only put 55 miles on it.

I'm afraid I could'nt stop at just one smack... for this and many other transgressions.

Rick
 
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