Re: camshaft bearings

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

Thank you very much, that is what I needed to know!

I'll throw out the bearing caps from the 5ks now (saved the cam...)

Sure makes saving a cam for later use a simpler task (5kt cam for my
car)

Bob Rossato wrote:
> 
> The camshaft bearings are an integral part of the head with the lower 1/2
> being part of the casting while the upper 1/2, or bearing cap, is obviously
> a separable component to allow installation of the camshaft.  If you're
> asking whether the bearing cap should be moved with the cam from head to
> head the answer is absolutely no.  The bearings are line bored with the caps
> installed on the head and are therefore matched sets and can not be
> interchanged.  They are numbered and must be reinstalled in the same
> sequence and in the same orientation.

-- 
Huw Powell

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