[Shotimes] CAM bearings and/or CAMs

[Johnsho92]

Thanks for the tip.   How do one check for a spun rod
bearing??   

thanks agian, all.

-John

--- Kevin & Cheryl Airth <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
wrote:

> John:
>  Before changing engines at least drop the pan and
> take a look. Hitting the
> rev limiter is a daily experience for my SHO. It
> does not hurt the car!
> That's why the limiter is there! More than one
> engine has spun a rod bearing
> and did not damage the crank. I still don't get it?
> The engine is knocking
> and the guy drove it home? Why? Tow truck charges
> are cheaper than a new
> engine.
> .
> .
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > You might be Right.  This is what I'm hearing fom
> a
> > lot of good poeple who know their stuff.  That
> there's
> > no such thing as a CAM Bearing, just the Heads on
> the
> > journals itself.    That it's the CRANK or ROD
> > Bearing.. :(
> >
> > Are Rod bearings the next most-likely thing to go?
> >
> > I don't know how they determined this, I think
> they
> > only doing a guessing game at this stage.   Just
> by
> > listening and such.
> >
> >
> > I'll relay the message..   I have a spare engie in
> my
> > garage.  I think that's the next best thing to do.
> > But how much should I offer it away? how to
> transport
> > it?  How many guys to take to move that thing? 
> Just a
> > simply flat-bed pickup truck would do? Should I
> line
> > it?
> >
> > Oh well.  Poor kid over rev.ed his engine three
> times
> > in a row, hitting the rev-limitter, slipped off
> the
> > brake pedal and pressed the brake and gass pedal
> at
> > the same time.   Turns out after the rev-limitter
> hit
> > three times, he developed the knock.  Goes home
> > right-a-way, rests the car, checks the oil, and
> it's
> > almost to the little hole on the stick.  What is
> that,
> > three quarts low or something?
> >
> > So that's the story..
> >
> > Thanks ya'll for your help and chiming in..   I'm
> > trying to help the poor kid.
> >
> >
> > -John.
> > --- Kevin & Cheryl Airth <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > John:
> > >  Who decided that it's a cam bearing? Never
> heard of
> > > one going out? Sounds
> > > much more like a rod bearing?
> > > .
> > > .
> > > .
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,,
> > > >
> > > > I have a friend in Rockwall Texas who,
> aparrently
> > > ran
> > > > low on oil, now has a loud knocking noise.  
> Turns
> > > > out, it's a CAM bearing, and looking for one
> or
> > > maybe
> > > > two..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > How much do they run?
> > > >
> > > > Where can I help him order one?
> > > >
> > > > What else could be wrong?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's been, or he has determined, that it's the
> > > bearing
> > > > between the last two cylinders on the
> > > passenger-side
> > > > closest to the firewall.   I think Exhaust
> CAM.
> > > Any
> > > > ideas, suggestions? Thanks. :)  Appreciate all
> the
> > > > help you can.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -John