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camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 4:09 pm
by lucifernl
hi all

i am rebulding my klde
i have new klze heads and now i am trying to get the camshafts back

mounted it with 12 nm,and now when i rotate the camshaft with my hand i can turn it for 300 degrees and then its get stuck.

what can that be

this is without timing belt.


greetings kevin from holland

Re: camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 4:38 pm
by clunet
Likely heads are warped? Caps all on in the right order? Cams warped?

Re: camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 4:52 pm
by lucifernl
the head is good. is strait.
when the camshaft is in with no plates on lay they flat down without tollerance?

Re: camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 5:01 pm
by lucifernl
i have the klde springs and retrainers on it
with some retrainers the clips cant go deeper in and they are a litle up.
but the hla rests on the stem.

Re: camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 17th, 2013, 7:42 pm
by RX8SE3P
my friend had a similar issue. it was because he pumped up his hla's with oil first. you may need to bleed them out a bit. this may not be your issue though.

Re: camshaft stucks while rotating

Posted: October 24th, 2013, 2:01 pm
by davmac
2nd that ^
If the HLAs are full of oil you'll have a hard time compressing them.

I'm not sure what is going on with the retainers. Maybe post up some pictures. The valve stems should stick out the top of the spring the same amount on all of them.