Quote: I've heard of tight or misaligned bearings but is 24 ft lbs too much torque too turn a 440 cam?
Welcome to the wondeful world of BB Mopar block quality control All kidding aside your deal is not uncommon, maybe one in ten blocks are that way Take it to a competent machine shop and have them fit the cam to the cam bearings as already suggested I bought a bearing knife for that reason so I can do them myself, I install one cam bearing at a time and then trial fit the cam, once the first journal fits and turns easily I do the next one and so on.
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 04/21/1411:14 PM.
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All kidding aside your deal is not uncommon, maybe one in ten blocks are that way 
Take it to a competent machine shop and have them fit the cam to the cam bearings as already suggested 
I bought a bearing knife for that reason so I can do them myself, I install one cam bearing at a time and then trial fit the cam, once the first journal fits and turns easily I do the next one and so on.