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Camshaft "Keepers"

Discussion in 'For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted' started by RedTravelPack, May 28, 2012.

  1. RedTravelPack

    RedTravelPack New Member

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    On removing the valve cover from my XJ750J, the female threaded part of two camshaft "keepers" or "retainers" into which two of the center bolts screw, fractured.

    I see a lot of camshafts for sale on ebay so the "keepers" had to be removed and I need two of them; anybody have these?

    Elliott
    ELJAN@aol.com
     
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    P.M. sent
     
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    Be careful.

    On each camshaft, one of those cam caps is a bearing cap; one of them is a "dummy" that's only there for the cover to bolt to.

    If you have a BEARING cap broken, you'll need to double-check the bearing clearance with Plasti-gauge before fitting the replacement. The procedure is covered in the service manual.

    If they're both "dummies" then never mind.
     
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    Thanks for clearing that up bigfitz. Red-can you post a pic or two?
     
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