I just installed my cam and wondering if I can leave it as is. I had a little trouble with it but not sure if it’s something to worry about. The crank, pistons and rods are already in and the engine is sitting right side up on the stand. It’s a steel billet roller cam and it’s lubed. I have a piece of threaded rod as a handle.
The first section went in fine. During the second section, the lobes touched the bearing. It wasn’t really a “drop”, but it did touch. Seemed like it was probably OK. The third section was a little tricky. I had trouble holding it straight enough. I didn’t force it, just tried to finesse it. Almost on accident, I rotated the cam in my hand and it moved forward. So the edge of a lobe must have been touching somewhere. I tried to be careful and it didn’t seem to scrape but I’m wondering if this is a problem. I know there was a good layer of assembly lube on it.
If I remove the cam, I feel like I won’t be able to see or feel the bearings good enough. And then I’ll have to do it all over and I doubt my skills are much better now.
Am I over thinking this? Should I just move on? It rotates nicely.
