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How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:34 pm
by BillyBobsSpeedShop
I was curious if there was away to see if my cam is a reground cam. Not sure if there are markings or anything.

Thanks

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:43 pm
by Les Schubert
Stock T cam is about.250 lift.

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:29 pm
by Mark Gregush
Check to see if at the heel is at the same level as bearing area. When cams are ground new, the area on the heel will be a little higher then the bearing surface so it will not slide into the bearing, it would have a shoulder.

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:02 am
by Adam
Post a picture

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:12 am
by BillyBobsSpeedShop
The pictures are not the best

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:52 am
by Mark Gregush
My gut feeling says, no has not been reground.

Re: How to tell if I have a reground cam?

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:32 pm
by Adam
From looking at your pictures, it is unlikely that it is re-ground.

If it has been re-ground, then odds are very good that it was done to a high quality standard, but you are very unlikely to find one of those in an unknown, used motor.

Most re-ground cams are not done to a very high quality standard. You can generally spot one of those because the heel of the cam is actually ground into the shaft area of the cam.