Solid cam damage diagnosis help

I’m sure that “duly noted” was very satisfying.

I still say a call to Howard’s would be interesting.

Tell them you’re not looking for restitution, since you didn’t buy the cam from them, but that you’d like some clarification on how much lobe taper you’d expect to see if you ordered a new cam from them...... and whether or not it would have the lobe taper in the same direction on all lobes or not.
I’d let them tell you what the taper should be before you offering up what it is.

You know what can create a lot of heat?
Rubbing something with all the load concentrated to a very small area......... like you get when there is excessive lobe taper.