A pipe or a solid rod ( 1 ) is coated on the outer surface, or cams ( 3 ) and/or other parts are coated on their inner surface with a suitable coating ( 2 ), for example a joint-stable conversion coating, in order to produce a cost-advantageous mass product with commercially available materials and semifinished materials by a longitudinal pressing on of cams and other parts onto the pipe or solid rod.

DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The jointing coating 2 between the pipe 1 and the cams 3 of light-weight sheet metal construction is indicated in FIG. 1 . However, the jointing coating 2 in fact does not have a measurable radial extension. In FIG. 2 , the pipe has an inner coating 5 , such that the end piece 4 can be pressed in. FIG. 3 shows the entire camshaft, wherein all parts to be disposed on the pipe, are longitudinally pressed onto the camshaft. For simplicity's sake, the cams are represented as disks.