# 1998 hyundai cam

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 19, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877 "2008-02-19T12:29:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mallard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mallard)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877/1 "2008-02-19T12:29:28Z")

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Anyone know if the cam bearings in a 1998 hyundain elantra (4 cyl - I think they were all four cyl) are replaceable or am I looking for a new head?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877/2 "2008-02-19T13:10:51Z")

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No they’re not replaceable as there are no cam bearings. The camshaft rotates on machined surfaces on the head itself.

Tester

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877/3 "2008-02-19T14:40:18Z")

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what info are you using to determine that you need a new cam shaft bearing?

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877/4 "2008-02-19T17:14:17Z")

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What does your Haynes Repair Manual #43010, in the Engine Overhaul section tell you?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-hyundai-cam/10877/5 "2008-02-19T18:39:32Z")

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What are your symptoms? How did they begin?

I too am curious as to why you suspect you need a new head. The only way I could conceive of these surfaces getting damaged is due to a loss of lubrication, and there are frankly other things such as the main crank bearings and the cylinder walls that will self destruct well before anything else.