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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2000
James A. Kammeraad, Holland, MI (US);
Thomas W. Knowles, II, Holland, MI (US);
Dwain L. Kamphuis, West Olive, MI (US);
K-Line Industries, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A broach tool is provided for use in repairing a camshaft support bearing for operably supporting a camshaft in an internal combustion engine. The engine includes a cylinder head with bearing support towers that operably support journals on the camshaft at multiple aligned bearing locations. A broaching tool is provided that is adapted to be linearly pulled through the aligned bearing locations to reform the bearing support structures. Methods of repair include enlarging at least one camshaft support bearing to an oversized condition, such as by using the broach, optionally repairing the oversized camshaft support bearing by filling voids and galled areas with a thermal setting polymer, as needed, and optionally positioning a bearing insert on the camshaft, and positioning the camshaft including the bearing insert in the camshaft support bearing with the camshaft being rotatably supported in the bearing insert and the bearing insert being secured to the oversized camshaft support bearing.