I had a friend in Little Rock who made a good living repairing camshafts by building up the lobes with welding, then regrinding and heat treating them to the original specs.
Is this done on Lyc/Cont camshafts? What exactly is done to "recondition" a cam? I have a Lyc O-290-D cam with 1 perfectly round lobe and all others are good. As you all know O-290-D cams are almost obsolete. I would think there would be a great market for repairing cams like my friend did in the experimental aviation industry.
I suppose I should have just called Aircraft Specialties Services but I prefer to learn from all you folks here on the Biplane Forum.
Thanks
Steve H
Is this done on Lyc/Cont camshafts? What exactly is done to "recondition" a cam? I have a Lyc O-290-D cam with 1 perfectly round lobe and all others are good. As you all know O-290-D cams are almost obsolete. I would think there would be a great market for repairing cams like my friend did in the experimental aviation industry.
I suppose I should have just called Aircraft Specialties Services but I prefer to learn from all you folks here on the Biplane Forum.
Thanks
Steve H
