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tripletriplenut
 Post subject: points cam problems
PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:10 pm 
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rusted cam
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COOPS
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:35 am 

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That is a problem :)
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650hardtail
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:38 am 

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you sure thats the one ya got off me ??? WOW

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ThreePipesSmokin
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 8:45 am 
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Were those hardened? What material? That shouldn't be a difficult lathe project, maybe I could whip one up for testing...

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tripletriplenut
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:29 pm 
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no its not hardened just plain jane steel its the pin that is hardened. i would have repaired my own except the locating pin was snaped off flush and i couldn't drill it out. every one i have come across is rusted beyond usefullness. stainless ones would be nice.
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ThreePipesSmokin
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:26 pm 
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I have a junk one as well, (sheered pin) good enough for getting dimensions, I'll see what I can do... :D

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jim-k
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:54 pm 
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tripletriplenut wrote:
no its not hardened just plain jane steel its the pin that is hardened. i would have repaired my own except the locating pin was snaped off flush and i couldn't drill it out. every one i have come across is rusted beyond usefullness. stainless ones would be nice.

Yes stainless would be the ticket! Why do they need to be hardened? Doesn't seem like a lot of stress as the force is in compression and minimal - am I missing something? Also, I remember a recent post where a fix was using JB Weld then sanding smooth.
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Walms
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:02 pm 
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Could make them out of 4140 prehardened material as well...

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 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:10 pm 
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Walms wrote:
Could make them out of 4140 prehardened material as well...

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tripletriplenut
 Post subject: Re: points cam problems
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:25 pm 
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i think nothing less then titanium will do :thumbup:
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