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Jan 8, 2008 | 12:47 PM

john fin

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Cam bearing problem

I installed some cam bearings on my V8 and the tolerances are too tight. .001 to zero. There are 5 bearings and each are smaller then the other. They dont recommend line boring, not that you could and I would hate to turn down the journals of the cam. Any ideas ?

Jan 8, 2008 | 07:39 PM

mark a.

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Does it turn free ?

Jan 8, 2008 | 08:00 PM

john fin

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Does not turn because I cant get the cam in. Most of the tolerances are .001 but some are zero. Trying to put a cam in with a journal that has .001 clearance is hard enough. There are 5 journals.

Jan 9, 2008 | 04:28 PM

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Well, if there is .001 of clearance the cam should go in there. Were the bearings chamfered before they were installed ?
How are you measuring it ? Dial bore gage ?

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Jan 10, 2008 | 06:32 AM

kotzy

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Yes the cam should go in with .001. Sounds like you have a slight burr on the drive side of the bearing. Take a sharp knife or bearing scraper and break that edge of the bearings around it's circumference at a slight angle. See if that doesn't help. Kotzy

Jan 11, 2008 | 03:26 AM

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Can you get the cam into the first bearing and if so the second bearing is installed incorrectly. Its not square with the cam bore. remove it and get another bearing for that location and install it again. The only block I have had a problem was the Fe blocks and that was only two blocks in thirty years. Good luck. Ron