Recent content by Bubbacuda68

I will have to double check if it is billet or not, I dont remember Thank you RRR

I have tried both, the tapered and squared off. I did switch to a roller cam and I am hearing that there is a difference in the shaft/gear on the roller cams. Checking into that now

I have the oil pump off, in fact, I pulled the whole engine back out because I wanted to check the oil passages just for the reason you are saying. Rocket had some good advice that i had not thought of, the length of the shaft and the distance between the distributor and the slot that it rides...

Did that and damn near run out of beer.

Thank you Rocket, I will double check all of those

Nothing in the pump, pulled it and opened it up. Clearances still look new. Pressure is ~50 psi

I h This is a fresh build, pick up is used but CLEANED through and through. New bushing, oil pump, etc.

It looks exactly like the post in 12

That is where both of my failures were, at the neck down where it goes to hex.

Yes, the oil pick up is used but the pump is a new HV pump

Right where it goes from round to hex.

One of the 2 that I snapped was a pinned Melling. I have checked for binding and there is none, brand new bushing. Still snapping

Has anyone come up with a solution for the weak intermediate oil pump shaft on small block, 68-340 to be exact?

Using the shafts that were sent with the new gear. There is some blue on the end indicating that the shaft has been hardened

Yes, the shafts spin freely. I even checked the shaft in the bushing before installation and after.