Camshaft scratch. Any idea what caused and if I need to replace it?
09-19-2009, 01:39 PM
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Camshaft scratch. Any idea what caused and if I need to replace it? Here are some pictures of the camshaft in my motor. I noticed these yesterday as I was getting everything ready to assemble. Naturally I turned it over with a wrench to inspect stuff prior to getting the top end on. Noticed these relatively deep (fingernail deep) scratches on the camshaft. What could cause this? Do I need to replace it?
09-19-2009, 03:01 PM
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take your cam out and look at it. if u can feel deeg gouges then its prolly not salvageable. its its just a scratch. u can prolly polish it out or send it to the place who made it and they can take some off of it, then u will have to cam doctor it again to see the new specs of it
09-19-2009, 11:08 PM
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Looks like the bearings in the lifter wheels came out and let the body of the lifter contact the cam. I had two lifter wheel bearings go out on me in a BBChevy and it wiped out a couple cylinder walls, the cam, and a few pistons. With gouges like that you need to check everything.
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09-22-2009, 02:56 PM
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I checked everything. Everything else looks fine. Lifters actually look ok too, although it is pretty unnerving to reuse them. I bought this motor here on the forums and hope that they will replace this cam as it clearly needs to be replaced.
