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What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:31 pm
by Dan Hatch
What do you do with a 5 gallon bucket of cams?
Looks a load of “ low background steel”.
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:41 pm
by AndyClary
Someday you’ll be looking for a cam gear nut and remember this bucket o’ cams.
Andy
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:55 pm
by speedytinc
Salvage all the cam bearings, pins, nuts & gears that look real nice.
OR Paint the cams green & the gears multi colors. Set the bucket full outside near the door.
Pop art!
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:11 pm
by Rich Eagle
I have used ones like that a lot. They kind of work.
Shouldn't most be good enough to regrind?
Rich
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:31 pm
by Wayne Sheldon
Half of those are probably better than some cams I have that I hope to use in an upcoming or currently stalled model T project!
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:06 pm
by babychadwick
I know I could use the nose off the ends, gears don't hurt either
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:10 pm
by John E. Guitar
I don't think low background steel is as valuable as it used to be.
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:25 pm
by Dan Hatch
If I need cam nuts I will go to the cam parts drawer full on NOS ones. But do plan to take those off.
Low background must still be paying cause people are still stealing WW2 ships off the bottom of the ocean.
Re: What to do??
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:54 pm
by RajoRacer
I'd be pulling all the long #1 lobe cores out for sure !
Re: What to do??
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:29 am
by Jerry VanOoteghem
Aren't they good for regrinds???
Re: What to do??
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:48 am
by Gen3AntiqueAuto
I used a bunch to line the tray in the fireplace that holds the logs off the floor - they NEVER burn through. Been roughly 20 years and I bet they still could be re-used in a car.
Re: What to do??
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:47 am
by jsaylor
Check with Chaffins. They do regrinds. Might need some good cores.