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hummer784

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Hi, I posted here about a week ago with a question abotu why my distributor gear was chewed up. I have come to the conclusion that my cam is walking. How and why does this happen? The engine is a 289 with a comp cams mechanical lifter cam, cloyes double roller timing chain(the one with the spacer on the back). I think that that was all I changed when I switched cams, beforre the swap there were no problems. How do I fix this? Thanks.
 
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hummer784 said:
Hi, I posted here about a week ago with a question abotu why my distributor gear was chewed up. I have come to the conclusion that my cam is walking. How and why does this happen? The engine is a 289 with a comp cams mechanical lifter cam, cloyes double roller timing chain(the one with the spacer on the back). I think that that was all I changed when I switched cams, beforre the swap there were no problems. How do I fix this? Thanks.
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Maybe is wrong dist. gear for cam. Is it the stock distributor? Maybe new cam required a hardened gear.
 
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I just bought a new MSD hardened gear and had it isntalled on my distributor, but I cant get the distributor to drop down. The chewed up gear and the distrubutor not dropping down lead me to believe that the cam has walked. What I need to know is why the cam would walk?
 
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Did you remember to install the cam retainer plate? I made this same mistake last year on a 400. Destroyed the dist gear, wiped a couple cam lobes. All because I didn't double check to see if the retainer was in place.
 

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also if the retainer plate is worn it will allow the cam to walk. also are you using a high volume oil pump? it seems many people are having problems with high volume oil pumps and dist gears being chewed up.
 
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It could be the retainer plate...I didnt think of that. It was slightly worn...any idea on where to get a new one? Oh, by the way, rbohm, m yoil pump is a new stock replacement.
 
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I've got several cam retainers, send me $5 to cover shipping and I'll send a couple.
 
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