Patent ID: 8117748

Claim:
A method comprising: locating a first lobe member of a camshaft on a first shaft having an annular wall defining a bore, the first lobe member being located on a first portion of the first shaft and defining a first end of the camshaft; locating a second lobe member on a second portion of the first shaft, the second lobe member defining a second end of the camshaft; fixing the first shaft from axial displacement, the fixing including the first shaft being free from axial restraint in a first axial direction extending from the first portion of the first shaft to the second portion of the first shaft; and displacing a tool through the bore of the first shaft from the first portion of the first shaft to the second portion of the first shaft to fix the first lobe member to the first shaft, the tool including an outer radial surface engaged with an inner radial surface of the bore, the tool applying an outward radial force to the inner radial surface of the bore and displacing the annular wall into engagement with the first lobe member as the tool is displaced through the bore, the entirety of the first shaft located axially outward from the first portion toward the second portion being free from axial restraint during the displacing.