Camshaft
The engine has two camshafts. The camshafts are driven by the gears at the rear of the engine.
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Connections for a two-piece camshaft (1) Dowel (2) Spacer (3) Bolt | |
The engine has two-piece camshafts. Dowel (1) in one section of the camshaft goes through spacer (2) into the other section of the camshaft. The sections are joined by bolts (3).
As the camshaft turns, each lobe moves a lifter assembly. Each cylinder has two lifter assemblies. Each lifter assembly moves a pushrod and two inlet valves or two exhaust valves. The camshafts must be timed with the crankshaft. The relation of the camshaft lobes to the crankshaft position causes the valves in each cylinder to operate at the correct time.
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