Patent ID: 8156910

Claim:
A method comprising: locating a first lobe member of a camshaft assembly on a first shaft of the camshaft assembly; inserting a locking pin into a first radial bore in the first lobe member and a second radial bore of the first shaft, the locking pin having an annular wall defining a pin bore extending from a first end of the locking pin to a second end of the locking pin; and forcing a deforming member into the pin bore and displacing the annular wall in an outward radial direction and into a frictional engagement with the first radial bore, the forcing including the deforming member entering the pin bore at the first end of the locking pin and exiting the pin bore at the second end of the locking pin, the frictional engagement between the locking pin and the first lobe member fixing the locking pin to the first lobe member.