Lee Thompson
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- May 24, 2001
I was setting the cam end play on a billet roller (.005). I purchased the hardware for the front of cam from PT&E. ( torrington bearing, holder and cam button only). My measurement kept changing. The machined washer that goes against the distributor drive bent in to where it was touching the end of the cam.
I believe the torque for the bolt is 55 ft. lbs.. I was using blue loctite and going to 60 ft. lbs.. Maybe the extra 5 lbs. was just enough to bent it in, not likely. It appeares to be machined out of cold roll steel. Some what thick( didn/t measure the thickness but roughly .300-.350). I had an old original Buick washer that they used in earlier years (350 cu. in eng.) used the same front set up. I used it and it did not give. It is made like the big washer used on the front balancer. And appears to be harder than the PT&E. Maybe something to look out for. As most people who run a roller know the front of the cam has to be cut back shorter than the distributor drive. Anyone else run into this?
I believe the torque for the bolt is 55 ft. lbs.. I was using blue loctite and going to 60 ft. lbs.. Maybe the extra 5 lbs. was just enough to bent it in, not likely. It appeares to be machined out of cold roll steel. Some what thick( didn/t measure the thickness but roughly .300-.350). I had an old original Buick washer that they used in earlier years (350 cu. in eng.) used the same front set up. I used it and it did not give. It is made like the big washer used on the front balancer. And appears to be harder than the PT&E. Maybe something to look out for. As most people who run a roller know the front of the cam has to be cut back shorter than the distributor drive. Anyone else run into this?