bent cam???

[Gearbanger 101]

he is still using stock heads, a real basic rebuild if i remember. lack of funds.

i highly doubt a 300+ dollar custom cam is a good choice at this point.

It's all gotta start somewhere. If he's going to swap out the cam, chances are that heads, intake and others are in the future as well. Might as well do it right the first time, since swapping out a smallblock OHV cam isn't the most fun or easiest thing to do twice.

 

[Car RamRod]

Sorry you are wrong.

no need to apoligize, I stand corrected.

 

[shttygtstang]

you know it was wvery tough to get my f cam in the block when it was new ... does this cam go in all the way and not spin? Or does it not fit all the way in? well if it doesnt fit all the way in push on it while rotating it 360% it will go in . if it just doesnt spin while flush in the motor throw that P.O.S. away. Ihighly dought you bent or did ne damage to that cam there made to with stand alot of punishment .. good luck

 

[Foxfan88]

well today i showed my dad, i stuck the stock one in, spins good.

stuck the B cam in, it spins now, the stock cam has that little pin sticking out, and the b cam didnt have one, so i took that bolt for the timing chain and hooked it up and got leverage and the cam spins quite nicely now.

i couldnt get enough leverage to spin it before

so its good.

 

[gork1rogues]

You did put some oil on it before you stuck it in didn't you.

 

[Dbeck002]

no need to apoligize, I stand corrected.

Great job backing up your point with vital facts. You should be a lawyer.

 

[Anthony85stang]

Like Everyone else says ditch the cam and get a new one and DONT TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX UNTIL YOUR ABSOLUTLY READY TO PUT IT IN THE ENGINE. Chalk this first cam up as expereince not to put a object that will roll on a bench unatennded.

 

[Dbeck002]

Once i put an egg on the table and it rolled off and broke on the floor. Since then i never put round objects on tables.

 

[iskwezm]

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The oils from your hand can cause it to begin rusting.

cams have a coating to prevent that.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

cams have a coating to prevent that.

Not used ones.

 

[shttygtstang]

well today i showed my dad, i stuck the stock one in, spins good.

stuck the B cam in, it spins now, the stock cam has that little pin sticking out, and the b cam didnt have one, so i took that bolt for the timing chain and hooked it up and got leverage and the cam spins quite nicely now.

i couldnt get enough leverage to spin it before

so its good.

mine never came with the pin your speaking of either just get a pair of vise grips and pull the one off yer stocker

 

[Black 93 Fox]

I am willing to bet he didnt get it all the way on the last bearing in the back of the block thats why it didnt spin at frist. I had the same way but I had the oil pan off and just reached up and pushed it up just a little bit and it slid right in. The cam falling off the table though would still make me REALLY wonder when frist start up happens.