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royhall:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on January 25, 2019, 08:20:38 PM ---Newman Cams in Kent can repair that. Ask for Mike Newman. I think I paid £27/lobe for my CB250RSA cam last year.
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How long did it take for Newman Cams to return your stuff. They have had mine for two weeks so probably a bit early yet. Don't want to start bugging them too soon. They quoted me about £50 to repair the one lobe as he said they are a bit awkward to do plus £12 for the follower. If you could find a new cam it would be way more dosh than that so happy all round.
Laverda Dave:
It took about 2 weeks Roy for both the cam and the followers. When the engine went 'bang' a few weeks later the cam suffered a scuff, I contacted Newmans again to tell them the sorry tale they asked me to send it back to them. To their credit they returned the repaired cam 2 days later and only charged me £20 for the work. Great service.
royhall:
Cheers. Sounds like I may be hearing from them in the next week or so then.
kettle738:
I have used Newman Cams several times; the first occasion was for a pair of 450K1 cams and followers back in the early eighties.....at the time, he told me the 450 cam was the hardest he had ever seen according to his Rockwell tester.
That said, they did a superb job and I have been back several times since then, they are one of those rare niche engineering companies that are so invaluable......I'm always grateful to see they are still open when I occasionally drive past.....your cams are in very good hands.
Mick.
royhall:
Well I'm at nearly 6 weeks waiting for Newman Cams. It is with a guy called Ken Newman that frankly isn't worth phoning any more. Last time he couldn't remember the job, then he found it in a bag on his desk piled high with paperwork. Then he couldn't find the letter I sent with it so I had to email it to him again. The company may be good but that Ken guy is totally useless, he is completely unorganised and swamped with work that should have been done ages ago. Not impressed with this outfit so far. May have to ask for the CEO tomorrow and get his arse kicked.
To be honest I forgot to ask for Mike Newman as advised so ended up with brother Ken.
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