[Fot] TR4 Wetliner Engine Cam Install Problems --- Happy 4th

[Tony Drews]

Note that the rearmost cam bearing has a hole to feed to rocker arm 
pedestal.  If that one's misaligned you won't get oil to the head 
unless you have the external oil feed line.

Tony Drews

At 01:03 PM 7/4/2014, Glenn Franco wrote:
>Thanks for the fast response.
>The installer put the cam bearings in wrong.
>The cam bearing holes are not lined up with the 3 bolts that located 
>them in the block.
>I managed to get the cam in but there is too much drag now. I will 
>have to drill out the bearings so the plugs don't deform the bearings any more.
>Glenn
>
>On 7/4/2014 12:22 PM, Glenn Franco wrote:
>>Happy 4th!!!
>>
>>I'm building my 3rd Wetliner Triumph engine in the last 6 months 
>>and have run into a problem with the cam install.
>>
>>The owner had the engine baked and the cam bearings installed at 
>>his machine shop.
>>
>>The cam won't make it but a third of the way into the first cam bearing.
>>I have gone so far as to put a stone on the leading edge of the cam 
>>journal to reduce the lead in size with no effect.
>>I've lightly tapped it with a small plastic dead blow but it won't give.
>>
>>Having installed cam bearings in the past. when I had the tool 
>>available, they take the shape of the I.D. of the casting unless 
>>they were buggered on the install.
>>
>>I ran into this on a TR3 engine this past winter but the bearings 
>>were not aligned and I could wiggle the camshaft and get the thing in.
>>
>>This is the original cam and it doesn't look like the end is 
>>mushroomed. All I can assume is that the cam bearing is not 
>>installed correctly.
>>
>>Any advice would be appreciated.
>>Thanks in advance
>>Glenn
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