Re: Lost Compression - broken Camshaft?!?

[PGK75S@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/1/06 12:52:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, samnt650@xxxxxxx 
writes:

<< Ops..  typo on the milage.  Actually I have 42000 miles on the bike.  Just 
spoke to shop, they found the camshaft snapped.  Guy at the shop never saw 
this before!  Has anyone seen a camshaft broke on their bike????
   >>


Aren't the lobes on oilhead cams separate pieces from the shaft?  If so 
please let us know of the shaft actually snapped or a lobe(s) slipped on the shaft, 
I've heard of that failure mode.

Cheers
Paul
NJ

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