Uh-Oh! Cam Bearing Time!!!

[eekvonzipper]

So, I just tore apart a 273 to do a quick Hone and Re-Ring and discovered that
My Cam was installed with a Hammer...
The Coating is Chipping off and there are Chips on the edges from Mishandling and Wear.
Does anyone have a Loaner Bearing Installer that I could Borrow?
or, Know where to Source the Cam Bearings for an Early '65 273 2Bbl Non-Cmndo?
I'd Pay for any Shipping as well as A**hole Tax just for asking.
Any Help Is Appreciated, This is My Winter Project for a Spring Install
and it's already Waaayy-Over Budget as always...
Thanks fellow FABO Brethren!

 

[Garrett Ellison]

I got one you can borrow! Shipping to you via UPS would be about $30.

 

[RustyRatRod]

 

[JDMopar]

Looks like the bearings weren't burnished after they were installed? I think that's what it's called? A lot of them need to be resized after installation.

 

[eekvonzipper]

I got one you can borrow! Shipping to you via UPS would be about $30.

Dude, You ROCK!!! I thought I might have to buy one for $200 but even That fell-thru...

 

[eekvonzipper]

Looks like the bearings weren't burnished after they were installed? I think that's what it's called? A lot of them need to be resized after installation.

WTH does That Mean? Machining the New Bearings???

 

[eekvonzipper]

These Weren't the Stock Bearings?

 

[eekvonzipper]

@Garrett Ellison has Stepped-Up (again)!
I'd Never Survive these projects w/o Guy's like this.
Thank You Garrett and Thank You All for Your Insight, Advice and Kindness.

 

[RustyRatRod]

@Garrett Ellison has Stepped-Up (again)!
I'd Never Survive these projects w/o Guy's like this.
Thank You Garrett and Thank You All for Your Insight, Advice and Kindness.

If you go search the How To section, there's a cam bearing install how to I did a few years back.

 

[CFD244]

I find your avatar distracting

 

[RustyRatRod]

I find your avatar distracting

I wonder what the original photographer thought.

 

[Ironracer]

If you go search the How To section, there's a cam bearing install how to I did a few years back.

Pretty good one, in my opinion, liked the one in FBBO also...

 

[eekvonzipper]

Wait, Did Triple R just Hi-Jack My Thread with His Avatar?

 

[66fyssh]

Wait, Did Triple R just Hi-Jack My Thread with His Avatar?

I think that's a first!!

 

[Ironracer]

I think that's a first!!

Lol. Nah, he ain't like that

 

[Dana67Dart]

My Cam was installed with a Hammer...
The Coating is Chipping off and there are Chips on the edges from Mishandling and Wear

Post some photos of the cam!!!!

 

[eekvonzipper]

Post some photos of the cam!!!!

Ask, and you shall receive...
Just Remember, You asked for it.

 

[eekvonzipper]

From the Front...

The Journals where the bad Bearings were Look Really Good...

 

[Dana67Dart]

The bearing surfaces look ok

 

[eekvonzipper]

The bearing surfaces look ok

I can't put my New Cam on those old bearings tho... So, the Saga continues.

 

[Dana67Dart]

I can't put my New Cam on those old bearings tho... So, the Saga continues

I meant on the cam. It is supriseing that the cam looked that good compared to the bearings. I wonder if the pieces were still in there till you pulled the cam out.

 

[eekvonzipper]

I meant on the cam. It is supriseing that the cam looked that good compared to the bearings. I wonder if the pieces were still in there till you pulled the cam out.

Hmmmn, could be...
I thought it was a Stock, Unmolested Motor until I pulled it apart. The Ring Gap's were All over the Map. Some Top Rings were .125-.140 end gap and 2nd Rings were smaller at .070-.090 end gaps... and the bashed up Cam Bearings... it was a Hillbilly Rebuild.
No Offense Triple R!

 

[eekvonzipper]

Needless to say, it smoked Alot and it used a qt of 15w40 every 50miles...

 

[pishta]

I pulled mine in with some allthread and some big *** washers. Worked great. If the cam doesn't slip in, mark the bearings with a crayon and look for high spots on the bearing. Find out why they are high and work 'em with a bearing scraper.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yeah, it more than needs new cam bearings. lol