> Read my first reply then this one...
>
> The Lifters where broke at the bottom of the oil galley relief.... each
one
> was exactly like the one before.... sheared exactly in half....
>
> The faces of the cam and the lifter surfaces were all nice... no problems
on
> the one's I can see for now... ( keep in mind most of the cam is still
> stuck in the block.... ) The Cam did move about quite a bit.... it's
> knocked out the back freeze plug and like I said destroyed the thorington
> bearing and cam cover....
>
> The cam gear was a Hydraulic cam with a Hex adjust chain drive.
>
> Okay that is about all I know for now.... it's been fun looking at the
whole
> failure process.... but it looks like the cam came apart causing a portion
> to hit the rod.... when the Rod left it took out the block.... There is
> minimal damage to the #2 rod.... just a couple of marks where something
> bumped past it....
>
> K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Savage" <basavage@earthlink.net>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Mule motor parts...
>
>
> > Keith, is there a damaged lifter that does NOT have a corresponding
> > damaged valve?
> > If so maybe two lifter failures caused two breaks in the cam. Unlikely,
> > but.....
> >
> > Bryan
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