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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pontstone on January 11, 2019, 03:05:33 PM

Title: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: Pontstone on January 11, 2019, 03:05:33 PM: Hi all,
I have a MG California EV with hydraulic lifters.
Due to the breakdown of this system I have purchased replacement parts from MG
via a dealer.

The picture shows one of the cam followers. Look closely at the picture and tell me
if you would install it? Bear in mind that it is a brand new sparepart from MG.

Many thanks for your input!

(https://i.ibb.co/Ln4g0tn/IMG-20190106-165135.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Ln4g0tn)
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: guzziart on January 12, 2019, 12:15:02 PM: Sorry, I can't help you here other than to say the finish on your follower is nicer than what you'd get on a new Kawasaki cam lobe.
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: guzzisteve on January 12, 2019, 12:25:23 PM: Looking at it closely you can see a gouge in it. I would ask for another one. It is not a scratch but a deeper mark. Is this what you are asking about? Or the coating on it? Maybe put up a pic of comparing 2 of them.
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: John A on January 12, 2019, 12:56:10 PM: Install if you cant get a replacement. Ive seen new followers worse, but not from Guzzi. sometimes crappy ones get through. I once got a set for a v-8 that had little points in the center of the face. they went back. Its up to the installer to be the last point of inspection.
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: normzone on January 12, 2019, 01:30:35 PM: Fascinating - there has to be an approved process and inspection criteria to make these things - if this is what an acceptable piece looks like to the manufacturer I wonder what the rejects look like.
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: pete roper on January 12, 2019, 01:55:16 PM: So did this come as part of the final upgrade kit? I'm assuming you've already done the springs, rockers, retainer caps, cam etc?
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: pressureangle on January 12, 2019, 03:47:36 PM: If a nicer one wasn't immediately available, I'd finger-polish the contact surface with 1000 grit wet-n-dry until I liked what I saw.
Title: Re: New cam follower - would you install it?
Post by: SJM on January 13, 2019, 05:26:42 AM: It is unsatisfactory to polish the surface by hand as the surface has a large convex radius. It is not flat as it may appear.