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Originally Posted by Marc Haibeck
Here is some information about upper chain facings coming loose. Note that this article is from 2008. I have seen about four more failures since then. We have found them when we remove the cam the covers for service unrelated to any cam chain or drive problem.
http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20W...ar%20strip.htm |
Thank you for your contributions. I have three questions:
If you don't mind me asking, what did you have the cam covers off for?
What do you think causes the wear strip to fail?
What is your repair procedure after such a discovery (provided the engine arrived in a still-operable state such as mine?)
Thanks to everyone who has commented on this thread this far. If there's
anybody following along who has something to contribute, I encourage you to do so. I don't feel this is something that should go ignored, as despite my best efforts I have found very little info on the matter aside from what Marc, Jerry, and Dynomite have contributed.
Not to spread fear, but be aware there were zero notable symptoms leading up to this in my case. No noises, no misfires, no noticeable lack of power even. I simply looked in my oil drain pan with a flashlight and saw some glitter whilst doing a routine oil change.
It takes a few seconds to look inside your passenger side cam cover after removing the oil cap to see if there is still a passenger side wear strip in there.