cam swap not going so well.
Apr 17, 2006 | 01:54 PM
#12
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From: St. Pete FL
Originally Posted by FarmerBeau
no this is the case! The fact of the matter is that you dont have that lifter up. In the camswaps that i have done, i have never even touched the dowel at all with the cam. There is a good bit of room between the lifter and the cam if the lifter is pulled up all of the way. And there is still a lot of room between the cam and the oil journal that you are using to put the dowels in. I dont mean to undermine your judgement but it still sounds as if you dont have the dowel in there all of the way.
Thanks
Apr 17, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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From: St. Pete FL
Originally Posted by Kano
youve probably done this already but
never hurts to ask right?
did you spin the cam a few times to get the lifters up in their cups before inserting
the dowels?
never hurts to ask right?
did you spin the cam a few times to get the lifters up in their cups before inserting
the dowels?
Apr 17, 2006 | 02:40 PM
#17
Originally Posted by Joschdog
About 2 or 3
I know Im not there, but Id bet a 12-pak I can tell you exactly whats happening. But lets go over the way I do this. (Ive done a couple
) Take your dowel, and cut it a few inches longer than the engine block. Put three water pump bolts into the cam bolt holes. Spin the cam a couple of times (I always go both ways too) insert the dowels all the way till they bottom out on the back side. then carefully slide the cam out. When you get the first 4 lobes out, the rear cam journal (I guess thats what its called) is going to drop off the rear bearing (actually the next to rear) this is where I think the cam is hanging up. Use the bolts to get a little leverage and find the next bearing and slowly keep pulling the cam out. It takes a little paitence, but once you experience what Im talking about you'll understand. Also when you go back in with it you will experience the same thing. Before you get the cam all the way out. (I do this when the 3 main cam circles are out the block or a little before. Pull the bolts out and grab the cam with your other hand) You are essentially using one hand to guide the cam, and the other to pull it out.
on what Matt said and if you get hung up somewhere in pulling the cam out simply rotate the cam as a lobe might be hanging it up. Good luck 
Apr 17, 2006 | 09:09 PM
#20
Funny you should post this. This just happend to me last week during my install. Turned out my dowels would not make it all the way in due to them hitting the jurnal walls, I guess this is why they have a flat side to the one's they sale. Anyway the cam got STUCK the same way this one did and I just had to show it who the boss was sorta speak. Give it a good wiggle and it will come out for you.