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Outlaw28 · Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject: camshaft bearings

been awhile since ive posted on here...hey anyone can help me ive called all around...i need to get camshaft bearings installed...got block pulled and the bearings dont have the tool...anyways anyone can help be awesome ive checked with westbay machine shop they only ones that do it here...and they want way to much 300+ to do it cuz they refuse to do it without cleaning the block...block is not dirty...i need to get car back on road asap...tired of it sitting in the garage...any help be appreciated

Outlaw28 · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:41 am Post subject:

sorry forgot to mention where i am...im in Kitsap County near Bremerton,WA.

So far from what ive found on net and phone book only one machine shop will do it in this area. They are being a real pain in the neck. Was curious if anyone had the tool for installing camshaft bearings and maybe a lil know how on pulling and installing them to give me a hand. surely the good deed will not go unpaid...a 12pack of beer be sufficient plus a great deal of gratitude.

chevymad · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:50 am Post subject:

The tools not badly priced.. Bearings are fairly easy to install too.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRO-66794/

RSFreak · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject:

I've been kinda curious about this as well since I have an L05 block that is gonna get rebuilt eventually. Cam bearings are one of the things I need to learn to do. What is the procedure? And how do you remove the old ones?

chevymad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject:

You use the same tool to remove them as install. The tool has a centering cone that slides on a shaft. On the end is a piece that expands and holds the bearing. You slide the tool into the block from one end, put the bearing onto the tool, then pound the other end of the tool until the bearing is as far in as you want it. The oil holes have particular positions they should be in when installed. When you have all the bearings in one side, you go to the other side of the block, slide the tool in, and pound in the last bearing.

Each bearing has a certain position it should be in in the block, and the oil hole in the bearing should be clocked at a certain position. When its installed make sure the oil hole aligns with the hole or groove behind it in the block.