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Ed Ruth Samba Member

Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 343 Location: Bakersfield, California
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: 1978 2.0 Liter FI camshaft...regrind? |
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Does any company regrind and/or harden used VW bus camshafts? Can an undamaged camshaft be used again without any machine work? Will polishing be beneficial? _________________ We all have problems and so do buses. The universe is, after all, winding down. |
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SGKent  Samba Member

Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 42810 Location: at the beach
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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you can talk to Jake Raby http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/store/home.php?cat=259 about one of his new cams or you can call WebCam camshafts in Riverside CA. We got ours through Riddle Machine CO - RIMCO http://www.rimcovw.com/Services.html who sends them to Webcam. http://www.webcamshafts.com/. Scott at German Supply http://germansupply.com also sells camshafts.
Another alternative is watching the shows and see if a new old stock one turns up. You can also run an ad on Samba and see what shows up. There is one running now and he sees a new cam once in awhile I hear.
Other camgrinders are Isky http://www.iskycams.com/ used to have some nice VW cam grinds but I don't know if they do or not. There is also Crane and Engle camshafts http://www.englecams.com/index.php although Crane has been sold and Engle doesn't list a type 4 cam. _________________ George Carlin:
"Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."
Skills@EuroCarsPlus:
"never time to do it right but always time to do it twice"  |
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busman78 Samba Member

Joined: August 17, 2004 Posts: 4660 Location: Oklahoma City, OK
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:33 am Post subject: |
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And Engle was bought by So Cal Imports. |
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Hoody Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2007 Posts: 1948
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Do not waste your time with anyone else.It will cost you a fortune in the long run.Call Jake Raby. |
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Hoody Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2007 Posts: 1948
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Whoops,What I meant to say is if you don't call Jake it will cost you a fortune in the long run |
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Randy in Maine Samba Member

Joined: August 03, 2003 Posts: 34890 Location: The Beach
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:15 am Post subject: |
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I would also suggest that you purchase lifters from the same company as the camshaft. They need to have the same Rockwell hardness so that they do not "eat" each other. |
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