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I've heard of tight or misaligned bearings but is 24 ft lbs too much torque too turn a 440 cam?



Absolutely to tight. But guess what, Very common with new bearings. The common fix is to scrape the high spots off with a bearing knife. Never saw one myself. The second common way is to take a used cam and cut a groove across each cam journal and spin it in the bearings untill you have them clearanced.

A third uncommon way is to have the blocks cam journals bored or honed to proper size/??? Most just clearance the bearings. It sucks, I know.