Recently I rebuilt my head. Upon replacement of the cams I lubricated them generously with assembly lube from honda. recently I removed them to retighten the head studs and noticed slight scratches on the cams where they meet the journals. These scratches are very minor and the depth of them cannot be scratched by my fingernails.

Are my cams not getting enough oil? Did I not lubricate them enough when I replaced them in the head? I tightened down the cam caps to spec, 22 ft/lbs.

thanks.

 

pics?

if you can't scratch them with your fingernail...are you sure they're scratches?

 

you sure it isnt just normal wear marks? if you cant feel it with your fingernail dont worry

 

Ill get pics tomorrow... Im going home to work on my car.


I def cannot scratch them with fingernail, I am not concerned too much. Pics will come tomorrow.

thanks

 

Here are pictures...






whatcha think?


[Modified by B18EG6, 4:53 AM 4/6/2003]

 

wow..moved faster than i thought.... to the top

 

If they looked like that after one day, I`d be concerned, but normal wear and tear would probably do that same markings, atleast mine did. But what do I know, I broke an intake cam and bent a dozen valves in one week LoL

 

check the journal. it might have some scratches in it. they dont look that bad, as long as you cannot feel them, i wouldnt worry yet.

 

journals look fine... Maybe I should use more assembly lube next time, I dunno.. I used a whole tube though!

thanks for looking.

 

na, i dont think u need to use that much.