[login: user - trade] Not a Member yet? [signup: user - trade]

Camshaft

  • What is it?
  • What does it do?

What is it?

The camshaft is smaller piece of metal, shaped similarly to the crankshaft. It sits in a channel at the top of the cylinder head.

What does it do?

The camshaft spins round by a cog which completes the timing system by a belt or chain. The camshaft has grooves that allow the valves to be opened and closed in time with the strokes of the crankshaft.