Broken Camshaft

[se7enine]

Was working on the engine this week , changed the waterpump , thermostat , the belts including the timing belt and put it back together and started that bitch up. It was purring like a kitten so I put my tools away and threw my gloves away when the engine stopped :furious: . So I tore it down again and low and behold

 

Have you ever seen this before. This was a first for me and I hope a last. So I guess it's time to rebuild that SOB. What a great Friday the 13th.

[88pathoffroad]

Damn....that's messed up. I'm sorry.

[Slick]

damn. that sux. never seen a break there. but they have been known to break. MM had a cam break aorund the middle of the cam.

[RedPath88]

Mine broke in almost the exact same spot! (I was doing 60 down the road when it "just died")

 

I pulled the head and called up Delta Cam in Tacoma, WA (best price I found at the time... around $75 w/o core iirc) took the head to an engine shop for ispection and it was fine. But I did end up replacing a few lifters, which may or may not have been caused by the cam breaking.

 

Put it all back together and she fired right up as if nothing had hapened.

 

*Also replaced the Timing belt

Edited October 15, 2006 by RedPath88

[unccpathfinder]

OUCH...

[k9sar]

what's your location? (not in your profile). Did you fix it yet? I have a spare if you're looking to save some $$

[Casey.T]

You guys are going to make me take mine apart and re-inspect everything...

 

I also have a set of cams out of my fried heads....

[RedPath88]

Was this the Right Hand cam?

[IpathyXe]

Man thats $#&%ed up, &^%*@$# sorry

[RI_ChevyGuy85]

wow, yeah that definitly sucks man. $79 sure aint bad though. p.s. thank you everyone for havin these forums, i'm sittin in my bio class at college right now and if it wasn't for readin this stuff i'd prolly go postal

[k9sar]

it's nice to know that we are contributing to the uneducation of america :-)

[se7enine]

I'm in Cali and it was the passenger side camshaft ( Right ? ) So if anybody has a used spare for sale please let me know. I'm kinda avoiding the truck for now and looking for something more suited for daily driving . I'll fix it as soon as it says it's sorry.

[dirtyvg]

I'm in Cali and it was the passenger side camshaft ( Right ? ) So if anybody has a used spare for sale please let me know. I'm kinda avoiding the truck for now and looking for something more suited for daily driving . I'll fix it as soon as it says it's sorry.

a broken camshaft on my 92 pathfinder was caused by a broken head bolt.the head of the bolt broke off and lodged under a lobe,it sheared the sprocket bolt and split the end of the cam shaft.it tore up the seal too.