Cylinder Head: Camshaft(S): Description: Camshaft
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The assembled fabricated camshafts are composed of five bearing journals machined onto a hollow steel tube. The camshafts are secured in the cylinder head (6) by the camshaft bearing caps (1)&(2). Six steel lobes, a secondary timing drive sprocket, and a primary sprocket/thrust flange are pressed onto the camshaft tube using a unique assembly process. Camshaft end play is controlled by the primary camshaft sprocket attachment flange on the intake camshafts (7) and by a thrust flange on the exhaust camshafts (3). The intake camshafts are driven by the primary chain. The exhaust camshafts (3) are driven by the intake camshafts (10) through a secondary chain (11). The secondary chain tensioner (7) keeps tension on the secondary chain (11).