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How difficult is it to replace the cam bearings, they seem pretty rough.
Is there an easy way to do this. ?
Is there an easy way to do this. ?
:agree: Line up the oil holes. I believe they get a tad smaller towards the rear too.Cam bearing are soft and easy to wreck. There is a special slide hammer used to install them and a shop usually will do this for under $40
Be sure the block is perfectly clean when you begin to assemble things.
if it is a small block chevy you can not clean the oil grooves behind the cam bearing with them in place. these grooves feed the mains and if there is any dirt there it will end up in the main and rod bearings. also you can not "boil" a block with the cam bearing in place because the solution will eat them upAppreciate the inputs.! Just had the block boiled and honed $200.+
They did a shabby job, had to clean everything myself later. ! That's teh way it
is here....like I said all along. The cam bearings don't look too bad....is it
possible that they will be ok without r&r.
:agree: If you tanked it with the cam bearings in, it was not tanked correctly, and the bearings are trash.if it is a small block chevy you can not clean the oil grooves behind the cam bearing with them in place. these grooves feed the mains and if there is any dirt there it will end up in the main and rod bearings. also you can not "boil" a block with the cam bearing in place because the solution will eat them up