Scott, No NO No You fit the bearing to the cam not the cam to the
bearing!
Sometimes you have to scrape the bearing. Most times you can get clearance
with a 3 M type pad. The bearing makers say anything from .0005 to .0045 is OK.
I like about .002 myself. You should always be able to turn the cam with our
fingers.
Doug Odom in warm big ditch 72 deg.
Scott Cowle wrote:
> Can anyone tell me roughly what clearances should be between a camshaft
> and the bearings it spins on. On more than one Big Block Mopar engine I 've
> had problems getting the cam to fit into the block after installing new
> bearings but I don't know how much clearance to give the cam anyways when we
> wet sand the cam to fit the bearings. Scott
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