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Progress Thread 89 5.0 Cam Sprocket Stuck

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fox body (for a friend)

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never been on a forum before. hope the right people see my post.
working to build a new motor for my friend. his cousin put it together originally smh. extremely difficult to turn over with crank bolt. took it home and started tear down to find what was binding. finally took off timing chain and found that the cam sprocket was rubbing/binding against the cam retainer. don't know the brand of the sprocket. I know it is a new block and an e303 cam. should there be shims between sprocket and cam or do yall think this sprocket is trash?
 

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There should not be spacers. It should spin fairly freely, I would take that timing chain off and replace it. Are you sure the cam retainer is on the right way? It is stamped "back" and "bottom". Check that first.
 

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i would tear that engine down to the block and rebuild it from scratch. check all the tolerances
 
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