What's a Cam Chain?

[grotbag]

So what is it and what does it do? (a pic would help too please?)

[deano]

if you own a firestorm, its the premier source of paranoia

[Bill CBF1000]

a chain that goes round your cam ....... and its better than a cambelt

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On my old Cavalier cage the cam chains were so stretched they sagged like Nora Battys stockings but it still run sweet as anything, My mates van went 100 miles over the recommended timing belt change mileage and it snapped bye bye engine

[Ross]

how can we put it in to simple laymans words
its a bit like knicker elastic it holds everything together and when it breaks your in trouble

[papasmurf]

Originally Posted by grotbag

So what is it and what does it do? (a pic would help too please?)

The camshaft/camshafts on an overhead camshaft 4 stroke engine run at 1/2 the speed of the crankshaft so te inlet and exhaust valve timing is maintained accurately, the cam chain drives the camshafts.
Some engines use bevel gears to drive the overhead cams but these are very tricky to set up when rebuilding an engine so that there is no play in the driveline.

[papasmurf]

[grotbag]

Thanks your guys, I think I've sorta got it





Ross, I can relate to that!!