Claims
- 1. A method of supporting a plurality of cams on a camshaft of a wire coiling machine, said camshaft including cams for controlling respective pitch and diameter tools, of said machine comprising the steps of, providing a wire coiling machine having a work station at which a coil spring or the like is formed, feeding the wire to the work station, supporting the camshaft, driving the camshaft using non-circular gear means to effect variable speed camshaft rotation, securing the cams to the camshaft in a spaced fashion along the camshaft with each cam being in a predetermined position, providing a housing means having an opening for receiving the camshaft, said opening being of greater diameter than the cam maximum diameter, providing a support member having a bearing surface for the camshaft and secured to the housing means about the housing means opening to cover said opening, removing the support member from the housing, withdrawing at least the cams from the camshaft through the opening in the housing, repositioning the cams at the same predetermined position for the purpose of subsequently forming the same spring configuration, and resecuring the suport member to the housing.
- 2. A method as set forth in claim 1 including the step of maintaining the cams in a predetermined fixed cam configuration during removal and repositioning.
- 3. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cams are removed from the camshaft.
- 4. A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the camshaft with the cams secured thereto is removed through said opening in the housing.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 497,756, filed May 25, 1983, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 251,194 filed Apr. 6, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,402,204, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 201,204 filed Oct. 27, 1980, U.S. Pat. No. 4,372,141.
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