Engine 101 The oil gets to the rockers through the cam. If you ever pulled the cam from an engine the back or sometimes the front bearing has spiral grooves on it. The cam turns at a different RPM than the crank due to the pulley diameter diff oat the chain. A good close clearance at the cam bearing with the grooves causes the oil supplied at the bearing to get forced to an oil galley hole that feeds up through the head into the rocker assembly. The rocker assembly has an oil galley inside.
It's really magic, and all that stuff up above, I just made it up ! -----Original Message----- From: John Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:00 PM To: Spitfire Enthusiast; Spitfires mailing list Subject: She goes! I do have one question - how does the oil get up to the rockers, I can't figure this out? /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
