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  • waltergs1000
    Forum Apprentice
    • Aug 2007
    • 73
    • ITALIA

    #1

    curiosity camshaft cap

    hi, a question to satisfy my curiosity, why do you put a bolt on the camshaft cap and not a nut?
    Ciao dall'Italia!

    GS1000G 1980
  • zed1015
    Forum Mentor
    • Oct 2020
    • 411
    • North Lincolnshire - UK .

    #2
    No reason except for mass production it's cheaper and quicker to thread a hole and fit a bolt rather than a stud, nut and washer.
    Why use three components when one will do the job.
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    • waltergs1000
      Forum Apprentice
      • Aug 2007
      • 73
      • ITALIA

      #3
      Ciao dall'Italia!

      GS1000G 1980

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      • TeamDar
        Forum Sage
        Past Site Supporter
        • Nov 2008
        • 1137
        • St. Louis, MO

        #4
        If you had studs sticking up out of the top of the head it would be hard to fit the intake cam with the cam chain on the cam chain sprocket.

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