Thanks for the fast response.
The installer put the cam bearings in wrong.
The cam bearing holes are not lined up with the 3 bolts that located
them in the block.
I managed to get the cam in but there is too much drag now. I will have
to drill out the bearings so the plugs don't deform the bearings any more.
Glenn
On 7/4/2014 12:22 PM, Glenn Franco wrote:
> Happy 4th!!!
>
> I'm building my 3rd Wetliner Triumph engine in the last 6 months and
> have run into a problem with the cam install.
>
> The owner had the engine baked and the cam bearings installed at his
> machine shop.
>
> The cam won't make it but a third of the way into the first cam bearing.
> I have gone so far as to put a stone on the leading edge of the cam
> journal to reduce the lead in size with no effect.
> I've lightly tapped it with a small plastic dead blow but it won't give.
>
> Having installed cam bearings in the past. when I had the tool
> available, they take the shape of the I.D. of the casting unless they
> were buggered on the install.
>
> I ran into this on a TR3 engine this past winter but the bearings were
> not aligned and I could wiggle the camshaft and get the thing in.
>
> This is the original cam and it doesn't look like the end is
> mushroomed. All I can assume is that the cam bearing is not installed
> correctly.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> Thanks in advance
> Glenn
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