<VV> RE: installing a cam?

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/15/2007 7:40:26 AM US Mountain Standard Time,  
jekepler at AMPLEX.NET writes:

Something as innocuous as a little stray oil or assembly  grease
UNDER the bearing (between the case and the bearing shell) can  temporarily
distort the shell enough to give a you "hitch" you can feel as  you hand-turn
the crank.


John,
It would seem logical that such a "distortion" would reduce the clearance  at 
that point and cause a uniform increase in drag throughout the full rotation  
(unless of course there is an out-of-round journal.)
Regards,
Bob Helt



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