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Cam install tool #1682852 10/06/14 10:39 PM 10/06/14 10:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi NTOLERANCE OP master
NTOLERANCE OP master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi	Anyone know of a cam install tool specific to big block mopars? I'd prefer not to buy a $150 tool that works on a all engines as I dont work on anything else but B engines. I suppose I could make one but dont have lathe access I used to care but....... things have changed

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682853 10/06/14 10:49 PM 10/06/14 10:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club
WILD BILL Senior Member of the Junior Dragster Club Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,542 BROOK PARK, OH	Just use a really long bolt (or bolts if it's a 3 bolt). No need for an expensive tool. All you need is a good hold to guide the cam so it doesn't ding the bearings.

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682854 10/06/14 10:49 PM 10/06/14 10:49 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Me too, no parts house here rents one. cam bearing installation (adjustable) tool. there's gotta be a good backyard solution live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Cam install tool [Re: RapidRobert] #1682855 10/06/14 10:51 PM 10/06/14 10:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi NTOLERANCE OP master
NTOLERANCE OP master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi	SOOORRRY - I meant cam BEARING install tool.. Sheesh....what the heck was i typing.... I used to care but....... things have changed

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682856 10/06/14 11:15 PM 10/06/14 11:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI Dcuda69 master
Dcuda69 master Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI	$50.00 and you can rent it to your buddies because it will work on anything http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18000-Univer...stallation+tool

Re: Cam install tool [Re: Dcuda69] #1682857 10/07/14 12:35 AM 10/07/14 12:35 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Dcuda is the man I'm gonna get one live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Cam install tool [Re: Dcuda69] #1682858 10/07/14 02:38 AM 10/07/14 02:38 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi NTOLERANCE OP master
NTOLERANCE OP master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,384 Madison Wi	Quote: $50.00 and you can rent it to your buddies because it will work on anything http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18000-Univer...stallation+tool I even looked on amazon and somehow missed this. Thanks I used to care but....... things have changed

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682859 10/07/14 01:44 PM 10/07/14 01:44 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,799 ILL M MLR426 master
MLR426 master M Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,799 ILL	great buy MLR426

Re: Cam install tool [Re: RapidRobert] #1682860 10/07/14 10:38 PM 10/07/14 10:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI Dcuda69 master
Dcuda69 master Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI	Quote: Dcuda is the man I'm gonna get one lol...even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!

Re: Cam install tool [Re: Dcuda69] #1682861 10/07/14 10:40 PM 10/07/14 10:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central RobX4406 I Live Here
RobX4406 I Live Here Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central	Must have been a run on them. There were 11 available yesterday. Now 147+

Re: Cam install tool [Re: Dcuda69] #1682862 10/07/14 10:58 PM 10/07/14 10:58 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida M mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks!
mopar346 Let me tell ya about fat chicks! M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,836 Florida	Quote: lol...even a blind squirrel finds an acurn ever now andd agin! There ya go, I fixed it for ya. Since most of the time I am gonna have machine work done to the block, even a clean and check at a minimum I usually just have the machine shop knock them in for me. Minimal expense in my view, of course I do double check their alignment when they are done. Careful, your character's showing!

Re: Cam install tool [Re: mopar346] #1682863 10/07/14 11:13 PM 10/07/14 11:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 842 Urbana, MD B bordin34 super stock
bordin34 super stock B Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 842 Urbana, MD	I used one of those rubber expanding freeze plugs to replace the forward-most cam bearing on my 440. Worked great.

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682864 10/07/14 11:44 PM 10/07/14 11:44 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,406 north of coder moparx "Butt Crack Bob"
moparx "Butt Crack Bob" Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 19,406 north of coder	Quote: Quote: $50.00 and you can rent it to your buddies because it will work on anything http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18000-Univer...stallation+tool I even looked on amazon and somehow missed this. Thanks looks like $125-134 to me instead of $50?

Re: Cam install tool [Re: moparx] #1682865 10/07/14 11:48 PM 10/07/14 11:48 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI Dcuda69 master
Dcuda69 master Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,945 WI	Quote: Quote: Quote: $50.00 and you can rent it to your buddies because it will work on anything http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18000-Univer...stallation+tool I even looked on amazon and somehow missed this. Thanks looks like $125-134 to me instead of $50? $50.00 when I posted it yesterday Sounds like some of these guys got them ordered..hopefully they'll get them

Re: Cam install tool [Re: Dcuda69] #1682866 10/08/14 01:19 AM 10/08/14 01:19 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central RobX4406 I Live Here
RobX4406 I Live Here Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 12,271 Overpriced Housing Central	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: $50.00 and you can rent it to your buddies because it will work on anything http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-18000-Univer...stallation+tool I even looked on amazon and somehow missed this. Thanks looks like $125-134 to me instead of $50? $50.00 when I posted it yesterday Sounds like some of these guys got them ordered..hopefully they'll get them Yep, there are limited quantities. When I ordered one it said 11 left. Once that special is gone, that's it.

Re: Cam install tool [Re: RobX4406] #1682867 10/08/14 03:53 AM 10/08/14 03:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md 3 383man Too Many Posts
383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	That looks like the cam bearing tool I have. But I have never seen one thats specific to just bigblock Mopars like you were asking ? Ron

Re: Cam install tool [Re: 383man] #1682868 10/08/14 08:54 AM 10/08/14 08:54 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands BigBlockMopar master
BigBlockMopar master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands	This one is BigBlockMopar.com

Re: Cam install tool [Re: BigBlockMopar] #1682869 10/09/14 04:36 AM 10/09/14 04:36 AM
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mopars4ever I Live Here M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,592 md	well i got the cam tool today off amazon. it was a lakewood driveshaft loop. i tried calling overstock all day and only got a recording.

Re: Cam install tool [Re: mopars4ever] #1682870 10/09/14 08:32 AM 10/09/14 08:32 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours Supercuda About to go away
Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	Quote: well i got the cam tool today off amazon. it was a lakewood driveshaft loop. i tried calling overstock all day and only got a recording. It's $134 now, musta got your message. They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Cam install tool [Re: NTOLERANCE] #1682871 10/09/14 09:11 AM 10/09/14 09:11 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	I got one of those Lisle cam bearing tool in a E bay deal years ago with several other tools that I was after. I already had a snap on cam bearing driver from years earlier. The lisle tool looks almost exact to the snap on tool except it had rubber sleeves around the expanders and the snap on has multiple rubber o rings around it's expander. The snap on tool was a much better easier tool to use and after 25 years of use the o rings are still good and have never given me problems or wore out. I see Lisle provides extra rubber sleeve for each adapter and I know why, they wear out and are damaged pretty easy. I didn't like them because the seemed to swell up from oil use also. They are too easy to get slid out of place. I re sold the lisle tool. Not saying it's a bad tool but there is difference and the snap on tool is much nicer to use. And I'm not even sure it's a "snap on" tool, I just got it from the snap on guy a long time ago. I'll see if I can get a picture of the snap on expanders with the o rings.

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