mike tkach

iTrader: (3)

makes me wonder if they were out of cam bearings the day they installed them so they just left the old ones in it.

Flyin-Bryan

Yup,You took it in the Bum.

the deep

iTrader: (8)

Dry....

Flyin-Bryan

Ouch,no spit?Is that why they call You the Deep?

matthewr

No biggie. It's an easy fix. Glad I caught it.

the deep

iTrader: (8)

No.....
Good luck with your engine Matt , that was a good catch .

Flyin-Bryan

It is a Biggie,what if the buyer ran it the way it was?it would have **** the bed and end of story?

matthewr

Hell who knows. Simple, they dry fit the cam, the company thinks its Normal which it isn't. I do feel bad for the average joe that throws these things in his boat. It's deifinitley not a good thing.

f_inscreenname

I've seen cam bearing that were worse and the motor showed no effect.
I've also replaced much better then the ones you showed cause I thought they looked like crap.

blue thunder

You'd be wise to take it down to the block and start from scratch with hot tanking. My guess is these bearing were not changed from the core. That means the block was not cleaned properly. That means there is likely debris thoughout. Where did all that bearing material go? Even if they did "dry" run a new cam, where did all the bearing material missing from the cam bearings go? Thats a complete teardown in my mind. Or you will be having oil pressure problems quickly.