[Fot] Trick for installing Spitfire cam bearings?

[Jeff Senty]

I had a friend with a laith make up a puller like the one A.P.T. shoes on their web site. It's real simple, two pieces machined to fit the inside of the bearing with a shoulder to push the edge through the block on a threaded rod. 
 If those bearings look ok I would leave them. They only have a couple of races on them.
 Jeff
---- Joe Guinan <joeg at neb.rr.com> wrote: 
> Anyone have any tricks?  Or do I just have to break down and buy a proper
> tool or have a local machine shop install them?
> 
> This is for Jeff Senty's old Midwest Council race Spitfire with an 1147
> engine.  I'd like to use the Kastner A7 cam I have (I realize there are
> newer grinds available, just trying to not buy parts).  I guessed I'd ruin
> the new cam bearings installing them myself, and I did.
> 
> Instead of installing the bearings, should I just go ahead and buy a new
> large journal cam?  If I do that, I'll have to decide on what cam. A "full
> race" design will probably make the little 1147 a real dog in the autocross
> events I'd like to do (SCCA Nationals are nearby this fall).  Any advice
> would be welcome.
> 
> Joe Guinan
> Fremont, NE
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