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    Are all camshafts hollow?

    Mine are hollow I a wondering if all Suzuki's have hollow shafts.

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      #3
      Haven't cut one open to check. Or did you mean like a hollow axle, like a pipe, you can look in one end and see out the other?
      Last edited by tkent02; 01-27-2014, 10:51 PM.


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        #4
        I'd say there is a mix of both.

        I've seen some with a tube put inside and welded on each end for when the cam crack's in half.
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          #5
          They look as though they were machined with a hole running the full length as if they are a pipe.

          A lightening method no doubt.

          Yeah like a hollow axle.

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            #6
            Originally posted by JEEPRUSTY View Post
            They look as though they were machined with a hole running the full length as if they are a pipe.

            A lightening method no doubt.

            Yeah like a hollow axle.
            I believe it's done to strengthen the cam, rather than lighten it actually.

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              #7
              Norton cams were made both solid and hollow. I snapped one once, but I don't remember which it was.
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                #8
                no, all suzuki camshafts are not hollow
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