Quote: My camshaft slid all the way in til it got to the cam bearing on the front of the motor. Cam and cam bearing both measure 1.98, should I try another front cam bearing or have the cam journal shaved about .005 in a lathe? I've never seen this before and I've wasted 2 rare free days from baseball trying to polish this cam journal.
As said above me did you spin the cam around to confirm it is the front journal hanging you up?
Who installed the bearings and how was the front bearing installed , from the front or with the tool installed thru the rear?
I used to have a tool like Mr. P describes until I ruined a bunch of bearings replacing a couple of bearings after I sized them all initially with that tool.
Should you decide to make a tool that way the first thing you need to do is confirm the tool(cam) is absolutely straight.
