"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I suppose the *real* issue should be: Why do camshafts work at all? When
you sit down and rationally analyze what is happening inside your engine,
the danged thing should just throw itself to pieces in the first ten
minutes of operation.

Yet, most of them don't.

The oil film, when all goes well, prevents actual metal to metal contact.
Just like the plain bearings on the crankshaft.

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