This is what the bushing looks like
when the cam bearing on it. Cam bearings come in all different sizes so
cam bearing install tools have a range of bushings to accommodate the
many bearings out there. It's made out of aluminum so it doesn't beat-up
the bearing. It has a hole through the center for the other part of the
tool that you beat on.
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Here is a better look at the whole
setup. You have to look close but you can see the bearing, bushing,
hammer and the long bar that is used to hit with your hammer. I aligned the
holes in the bearings with the holes in the block just to make sure I
had them in the right place.
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first cam
bearing is installed. By looking down in the oil hole in the main
bearing, you can see if the cam bearing hole is aligned or not. I used
this as a reference for all five bearings. Now it was time to check my
work and see if the cam went in and turned.
Sure enough it wouldn't even
go all the way through the first bearing. After carefully removing
some material from the back edge of the bearing with a burr-knife and
wiggling the cam in and out a bunch, it worked just fine. This scrape,
wiggle and fit process took about three hours but it got done.
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make sure everything checks out. When you degree a cam, your checking
your valve timing. To learn more about degreeing a camshaft,
Iskenderian
can do a much better job than me so be sure to check it out. Well
not to be out done with problems like the cam bearings had, the
crankshaft was installed and wouldn't you know it, we don't have enough
end play. End play is between the end of the crankshaft and the rear
main bearing. There's a place at the end of the crank that the bearing
rides and also controls how much lateral movement it has. Let's see how
I went about dealing with that...
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