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Originally Posted by cyclone427428
I recently tore my 360 apart to rebuild it and I was looking at the cam bearings and #3 was cocked at an angle. My has the same bearings it came with from the factor so I imagine the cam bearing was put in wrong from the factory. What I didnt understand was the first cam bearing has two holes in it and all the others have only one. Doesn't the oil come in the cam bearings then down to the main bearings? I'm still trying to figure out the miss alignment of the cam bearing. Anyone have any info on the oiling? any help will be much appreciated. |
In regards to your ‘cocked’ bearing question, when you say cocked, I’m assuming you’re referring to the
oil hole not being perpendicular or being directly at the bottom of the cam bearing bore. Because the #2 thru #5 cam bearing bores are fully grooved behind the bearings on the center oiling blocks, the hole in the cam bearing can be physically placed in any location with the
oil still getting to the camshaft journal. It’s not unusual for the #2 thru #5 cam bearings to be installed at the 4 to 5 o’clock position (looking from the front with engine right side up) to aid in camshsaft journal oiling. If you’ve only got one bearing that’s got the oil hole positioned differently from the rest, then you could suspect a spun bearing but odds are good that it was just installed that way. Removal of the bearing and some scrutiny would quantify this.