[jackal2513]

hi there,



I was just trying to gather some information on repaired camshafts that have had new sprockets welded on ? Has anyone done this and what is the general view ? Would they theoretically be as good as new ones ?







cheers





Rich

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[SILVY968]

Rich,

Contact Pete at RS Barn.

http://www.rsbarn.com/968cam_repairs.html

He is a sponsor on this site.

Brian

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[flash]

nothing wrong with welded camshafts - been doing it for decades - i second the recommendation to call pete

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[blue968]

HI Rich,



I had bought the repaired cams from pete over the summer and they work great!!! I hvae driven the now for about a 1000 miles with new cams and they work perfect!!! Not to mention the huge savings from new ones. Shold call quick and reserve a set because they go quick, he has ben finding alot of early 968's with broken teeth.

Thank god my cam cover gasket was leaking and filled my plug holes up w/oil and prevented from starting. Thats what lead me to the cams and ofocourse the help from others to inspect hte cams once the cam cover is off.





Nelson

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[jackal2513]

[quote name='blue968' post='63160' date='Nov 16 2008, 06:56 AM']HI Rich,



I had bought the repaired cams from pete over the summer and they work great!!! I hvae driven the now for about a 1000 miles with new cams and they work perfect!!! Not to mention the huge savings from new ones. Shold call quick and reserve a set because they go quick, he has ben finding alot of early 968's with broken teeth.

Thank god my cam cover gasket was leaking and filled my plug holes up w/oil and prevented from starting. Thats what lead me to the cams and ofocourse the help from others to inspect hte cams once the cam cover is off.





Nelson[/quote]





thanks very much





do you know if they use the later profile sprocket ?



i believe porsche changed the shapeina rodun ~1994 with more pointed teeth to improve take up of the chain ?

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[S_Cal968]

I have a 94 and had to replace my cams at 78K. I've put 4K on a set of RSB cams and all is well...

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[blue968]

Hey Rich,



Seems like thats a question for Pete, I dont know the answer on that.



Sorry

Nelson

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[jackal2513]

ok thanks everyone



i have emailed Pete

will wait to see what he says



i reckon i was very unlucky

my car has only done 65k miles

2 teeth missing on the intake

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[Big Dave]

[quote name='jackal2513' post='63172' date='Nov 17 2008, 10:04 AM']ok thanks everyone



i have emailed Pete

will wait to see what he says



i reckon i was very unlucky

my car has only done 65k miles

2 teeth missing on the intake[/quote]



Either unlucky,,, OR,, maybee your car has covered more miles than you might think...

These cars are VERY easy to "clock".....

Not that ive done this, but i have taken a speedo apart , for some remedial work....

Do you have ALL the previous MOT,s to verify the milage.???

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[jackal2513]

[quote name='Big Dave' post='63245' date='Nov 19 2008, 11:08 AM']Either unlucky,,, OR,, maybee your car has covered more miles than you might think...

These cars are VERY easy to "clock".....

Not that ive done this, but i have taken a speedo apart , for some remedial work....

Do you have ALL the previous MOT,s to verify the milage.???[/quote]



yeah mileage is totally genuine

the engine has prolly been buzzed off the limiter or something

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[RS Barn]

Help,

I need to buy some cam cores. Does anyone have cams with bad teeth laying around?

I have 4 sets out to customers without core returns.

Pete

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