I recently bought a set of camshaft caps. The seller shipped the caps and the bolts together in a plastic bag. I didn't think any of the camshaft caps would be undamaged due to his shipping method but only one camshaft cap has a deep scratch that I can feel with my fingernail.

Looking for Ideas and Advice for a way to repair this.

 

Thats a shame. Someone not knowing about mechanics damaged a surface that could have been protected by a simple piece of blue tape & tie wrapping them together

Hope that damage can be removed w/out an issue. Maybe a replacement is in order

 

I wasn't aware you could swap cam caps between engines.

 

You can not swap caps. They are bolted in place and line bored when originally manufactured. They match your head. Your cap is fine. A light clean with 600 grit or finer and that little nick will be fine.

Don

 

Sorry, I should have specified earlier. I picked up an Evo IX cylinder head. The camshaft caps were removed and the seller told me he lost them.

I bought a different set of camshaft caps to replace the ones that were lost.

I originally planned to line hone the cylinder head with these new cam caps if that is possible. I forgot that a machine shop would have to re-hone the holes anyway so the scratch wouldn't matter. I guess I was mad at the condition I received the caps which led me to post about this issue.