problem with roller follower removal

[Andy Rubalcaba]

Yep that's how I would do it. Saves a bit of dicking around. What oil pump did you go with? That 8mm bolt in the oil tube can be a load of fun

yep that lower bolt for the pickup tube was a blast, so much that I gashed open my knuckle and was bleeding pretty bad lol. i'm hoping it's not a fight when I go to tighten it back up.

got the melling 360v pump, im not worried about the higher psi since i also got the cast iron tensioners.

just pulled cams, gonna drop oil pan next.

 

[Goofy173]

The reason the rest will fail soon, mainly is because those oil holes in the followers gets so large oil does not properly spray on the roller on the follower. If the hole enlarged for some other reason, then no, others aren't going to fail in the same amount of of time. Best procedure would be to replace all anyway with having 24 of them. Also a failed roller means the cam lobe is now worn.

 

[Andy Rubalcaba]

guys my new camshaft does not seem to want to rotate when i put the cam caps back on. it was completely locked in, so i unbolted the cam caps and now it rotates again freely. I put more oil again and as soon as i start finger tightening the cam caps, it is so snug that the camshaft wont rotate anymore.

anyone else experience this?

 

[Andy Rubalcaba]

nvm, cam caps were installed on wrong size. decided to have my wife help me today, and well, things got messier and more confusing and frustrating than usual lmao.

 

[Vdubnick]

Yep that's how I would do it. Saves a bit of dicking around. What oil pump did you go with? That 8mm bolt in the oil tube can be a load of fun

i used a regular wrench, and thought it wasnt bad at all... the power steering bolts on the other hand... huge pain in my ass