[Healeys] Cam followers for Six cylinder engine
Peter Hunt
peter at easterton.com
Fri Dec 5 11:31:02 MST 2008
Just measured 4 camfollowers recently removed from my daughters ' 63 BJ7.
Bottom of follower - Ave. 0.936" dia. = 23.77 mms
Top of follower - Ave. 0.935" dia. = 23.74 mms
Reason for removal - the engine was emitting quite a loud knocking/clicking
sound from the inner depths directly related to the engine rpm.
Replaced with new cam followers and pushrods, set the tappet clearance to
the factory recommended 0.012" when the engine was quite hot - problem
solved.
The base of each follower had become fairly well pitted which I believe is
quite common in the 6 cylinder Austin engine.
Regards,
Peter Hunt
' 62 BT7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric (Rick) Wilkins" <e-wilkins at cox.net>
Cc: "'healeys'" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cam followers for Six cylinder engine
> Did we get a true size yet?
>
> Where I come from, 23.7 mm does not equal "1 inch"
>
> Wilko
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 10:21 AM, rjhco wrote:
>
> > Any one know offhand the diameter of the cam followers for the six
> > cylinder
> > engine?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jim Hockert
> > Dallas, TX
> > BJ8 Open Roads Car
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