HELP Please: Front Cam Bearing...I scored it during cam removal.
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HELP Please: Front Cam Bearing...I scored it during cam removal.
Hey Guys,
Thanks for checking out my plea for advice.
Well, my engine tear-down was going great...UNTIL I was pulling the cam, and as I was sliding out the last bit, the helical gear contacted the front cam bearing (OUCH), and it has left some scores/scratches, etc.
Question: What should I do?
Could use some advice from you engine gurus. Thanks guys!
Thanks for checking out my plea for advice.
Well, my engine tear-down was going great...UNTIL I was pulling the cam, and as I was sliding out the last bit, the helical gear contacted the front cam bearing (OUCH), and it has left some scores/scratches, etc.
Question: What should I do?
Could use some advice from you engine gurus. Thanks guys!
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Re: HELP Please: Front Cam Bearing...I scored it during cam removal.
How bad is it? Just some light scratches? or more like deep gouges?
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Re: HELP Please: Front Cam Bearing...I scored it during cam removal.
Apeiron, they are not terribly deep, but you can feel them (the the bottom of the bearing, between "5 and 7-oclock."
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Re: HELP Please: Front Cam Bearing...I scored it during cam removal.
The safe thing to do is replace them, but that's a cast-iron PITA in the car.
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