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Old 01-29-2009, 09:09 PM
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Default RE: Saito 115 cam lubrication

I keep telling people that you should pre-lube the cambox area of those Saitos with a backplate-mounted crankcase breather nipple.

There's simply nothing to push the oil past the rear bearing and into the cambox area beacuse all the excess oil just vents out the back of the engine.

I've outlined the process I use at the start of each flying season before and I've never had an issue but I've heard of quite a few other folks who've ended up with dry camshaft bushes because they perform no manual lubrication or think that oil dripped down the pushrod tubes will make its way into the cambox (which it wont).