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Old 09-12-2009, 05:23 PM   #15
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3" Exhaust
 
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Finally got the head back from the shop. Don’t want to say how much it cost!

Anyway – valve seats were done and adjusted.

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I wanted to check the oil clearance on the cams so I pulled them off and used plasticgauge to find out. Put strips on the cleaned journals and torque back down. Came out to .0015 which is well within spec.

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Cleaned off plasticgauge and reassembled again.

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Boy – are these cams hard to turn or not? I had no idea it would be so tight but with each cam trying to open 12 valves in one revolution no wonder? Anyone know how much torque it takes to turn a normal cam? Really makes you wonder is everything is true and straight and if the bearings are binding or not? Sure hope the shop did it right!
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