Southern welder
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Hey yall,
I have the misfortune of having a 440 problem child, my latest escapade is while attempting to rebuild it I found the camshaft is tight to turn, you have to put a wrench on it to turn. So I spun it a few times and the cam was eating the bearings, took to a useless machine shop, then supposedly installed 2 sets of bearings and both were tight, he said he spent 2 hours on it, crazy.
So anyone have any ideas? The new set of bearings are also being eaten by the cam (spin the cam 6 times the oil is sparkly) I thought about sending the cam back to comp cams and letting someone actually check it, could it be a block issue? Too tight of bearing holes or offset hole? By the way then cam spins easy about 1/2 way and then gets tight the other half, which is why I thought the cam might be bent the first time.
Thanks
I have the misfortune of having a 440 problem child, my latest escapade is while attempting to rebuild it I found the camshaft is tight to turn, you have to put a wrench on it to turn. So I spun it a few times and the cam was eating the bearings, took to a useless machine shop, then supposedly installed 2 sets of bearings and both were tight, he said he spent 2 hours on it, crazy.
So anyone have any ideas? The new set of bearings are also being eaten by the cam (spin the cam 6 times the oil is sparkly) I thought about sending the cam back to comp cams and letting someone actually check it, could it be a block issue? Too tight of bearing holes or offset hole? By the way then cam spins easy about 1/2 way and then gets tight the other half, which is why I thought the cam might be bent the first time.
Thanks