I am in the middle of doing heads and cam in my car and last night we took the crank off and the cam out and the front two bearings got scratched a little bit. Should I change em out or will they be fine?
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I am in the middle of doing heads and cam in my car and last night we took the crank off and the cam out and the front two bearings got scratched a little bit. Should I change em out or will they be fine?
LOL, I think you missed your own original post, bud - I dropped you a line earlier this morning over there.
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Originally Posted by ne0fiend
Yea I got that but I didnt know how many people were going to look in that thread so I decided to put up another one. You can feel it with your finger but its almost like more of a scuff then a scratch and you cant really see you have to feel it
If it can be polished out, you can use a plastic scrub pad from the grocery store to buff it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
If after buffing it you can still really feel it with your finger, I would recommend replacing it.
Ok i will probably just replace it then. I dont think there that expensive. How hard would the first one be to get out
Depends on a couple things;Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
Is the motor out of the car?
Is it a cam or a crank bearing?
Its the front most cam bearing and the motor is in the car.
On a slace of 1-10, I would rate the job a 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
If you want to invest, get yourself a cam bearing tool.
You can find a pretty decent write-up HERE.
All-in-all, it's just as easy as popping the old one out, and pressing the new one in.
Enjoy.
One being easy I guess lol?
hahaha Yeah. 1 being easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
Here's a link to the tool if you're interested.
Alright thanks for the help man
Always welcome. Have fun, post some pics!Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Photo0134.jpg
Thats a pic its worse then I thought but what do you guys think. Theres no marks on the cam but the bearing is kinda messed up
I put the old cam in and its not hanging on anything it spins fine
Well it seems like you are really wanting to leave this bearing in...Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
You can always do whatever you like, but by the looks and sounds of it, you'd be better off just R&Ring the bearing and forgetting about it.
If you don't, it's come back and bite ya in the ass.
Yea were pulling the motor tonight gonna get it fixed
Pics!Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
Can never get enough motor pics.
I have a serious problem... lol
Good to hear.. I personally would'nt use a grocery store sratch pad on ANY bearing surface.. But that's just me...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by jetaws6
Ill take some later tonight if I can scrum up a hoist to get my block outQuote:
Originally Posted by ne0fiend
http://i964.photobucket.com/albums/a...ns18/motor.jpg
pulled it Saturday only took about an hour and for having 100k on the motor its in pretty good shape