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
Looking pretty good! I'm excited to hear that beast running once again!
Keep us updated with pics!
Any of you guys know if I can slide the motor back in with the heads on? My friend that works at a chevy dealership said that theirs not enough room for it to clear because of the cowl in front of the windshield.