Removing camshaft

Yes, you would need to break them in.

Like's already been said, once you break them in on the old cam, they shouldn't be used on the new cam. This is due to the bottoms of the lifters wearing in with the shape of the cam lobes.

Try to reuse the old lifters if the order hasn't been mixed up. They usually go back in ALOT easier than they come out.

You have a long bolt that fits the cam, right? Put the timing gear on that bolt and thread it into the cam and use the timing gear like a slide hammer. Don't "gorilla" it, but do use some force. I would expect you're fighting some sludge build up at the forward end of one of the cam bearings. Using some light tapping force with this slide hammer method, I would expect you can pull the affected cam journal forward, to where it catches on the sludge ridge and the cam becomes harder to turn. At that point I would rotate the cam while pulling on it and see if I could not unscrew it past the sludge ridge.

raleighstang65 said:

180 OUT- Great tip! The timing gear/hammer worked like a charm! Thanks all for the advice!

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I'm glad you can move forward now. While your wife does the easy stuff like giving birth, nursing, night waking, and diapers, you'll be out there in the garage doing your manly duty to provide transportation for the family.