Re: Cam bearing install - dry or lube
[Re: njmopar]
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03/10/21 10:06 AM
03/10/21 10:06 AM
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an8sec70cuda
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I've always put them in dry.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: Cam bearing install - dry or lube
[Re: 451Mopar]
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03/14/21 07:19 AM
03/14/21 07:19 AM
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Posts: 2,036 Mooresburg, Tn
'72CudaRacer
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Mooresburg, Tn
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I install them dry. A trick that I find helpful is to use a Sharpie to mark the location of the oil holes in the block(on the front face of each webbing) and then mark the bearing with a straight line from the oil hole to the bearing edge. When you are installing them, just make sure the marks are lined up. With a 3' long bar, the engine stand tilted and just all around hard to see down in there, its very easy to get your bearing turned a little off. This way it is very easy to see when you got it lined up just right and focus on getting it square. Go slowly, and use a flash light to look down in the main bearing oil holes to check for proper depth until your oil holes are lined up. Its not a difficult job, but its one area that you can read books, watch videos and talk to other people about it all you want, but to learn how, you just got to do it yourself. Kinda like welding.
Good luck, Brian
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