Reply to "Camshaft Distributor Gear Damage...?"

panteradougMember

I had a Compcams camshaft, new out of the box that when I touched the thing three teeth crumbled off of it.

I'm told that the issue is the blanks are being purchased from "overseas" and that the cams are cut on slave machines. Something like one in four are only being quality checked.

Compcams replaced the cam as "a courtesy" saying that their warranty did not cover this kind of a problem. Nice huh?

It could have happened internally in the engine and probably no one would have looked for that when the engine stopped running. Not until it got torn down that is.

Consider yourself lucky that's as bad as it got?

I have NEVER NEVER NEVER heard of an OEM cam failing like that. Aftermarket just keeps finding ways of lowering the standards.

10/16/1411:40 AM

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