[arieskcar]

Hello!

Due to my engine having a slider cam with roller followers, I think I need a roller cam before my engine is full of shavings

Please hit me up if you have a good shape roller cam + followers for sale... prefer to buy from a TD member... thanks!

I have a roller and slider Cam u can have free. Only have followers for the slider though. If I find a 89+ motor I'll save u the cam and followers. Might be getting a complete 92 tbi motor this week.

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

you should pull one of the cam caps off..or maybe the cam.. check for a slot cut in the surface.. that slot is the oil squirter for the slider cams..follower's surfaces
(off hand in the moment I can't recall if the slot is above the camshaft ..in the cap, or under it cut into the half journal in the head)

the roller cam heads very likely are missing that slot
soo...you know..before you ..replace ,you don't wanna develop a new issue so similar to this one..cough

a slider cam in a roller head would starve the cam lobes and followers of oil

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

you should pull one of the cam caps off..or maybe the cam.. check for a slot cut in the surface.. that slot is the oil squirter for the slider cams..follower's surfaces
(off hand in the moment I can't recall if the slot is above the camshaft ..in the cap, or under it cut into the half journal in the head)

the roller cam heads very likely are missing that slot
soo...you know..before you ..replace ,you don't wanna develop a new issue so similar to this one..cough

a slider cam in a roller head would starve the cam lobes and followers of oil

Wow thanks for the heads up! I will definitely check it as soon as possible and post updates!

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

the slot will lead to the edge so oil squirts out from between the edge of the cam cap mating surface ..IF I remember correctly (???)

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

do you have any body you know in Toronto

I found a roller cam and followers in the stash today
- been stashed probably 25 years + so ,used but NOT worn out

can do pics ..dono how use full they will be ..

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

do you have any body you know in Toronto

I found a roller cam and followers in the stash today
- been stashed probably 25 years + so ,used but worn out

can do pics ..dono how use full they will be ..

Ahhh shoot, I don't know anyone in Toronto... my high school shop teacher always said a worn can could be fixed with sandpaper, not sure how true that is haha!

Post some pics! If I can get a year out of that cam and followers I'll do it! I should also order the lifters as well...

Thanks for thinking about me, I've been stressin' out on what to do!

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

ok ..will do ..it's 2:30 am ..here..so tomorrow..

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

do you have any body you know in Toronto

I found a roller cam and followers in the stash today
- been stashed probably 25 years + so ,used but worn out

can do pics ..dono how use full they will be ..

LOL,
used but NOT worn out ..cough not not not..worn out
I just caught that..
like I said..it's late

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

LOL,
used but NOT worn out ..cough not not not..worn out
I just caught that..
like I said..it's late

Oh man you're my hero for finding those pieces so quickly, I gotta get my car running my August 8th, that's when the mother-in-law comes back to town, ooohhhh boy, don't want a broken Chrysler in the garage when she shows up... hahaha

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

yeah ..well..maybe..
cough
I got some crappy pics .. I pulled the cam the rest of the way outta the box and .. well it's something I saved .. in case I needed it .. not because it was any "great thing"

cam bearing journals are pretty scratched up..
there's some black junk stuck to some of the lobes
one of the lobes spears to have either some rust spots from condensation sitting in the box .. or something else..

pics of followers go from top left to bottom right in progression
rollers are no where near as blue looking in person as the pics would have you think
sop rollers look better than the pics..there are some cuts going around them .. they have been well used but they seem ok
pics of the cam are no real help..to dark and fuzzy
I'm gonna try for better pics with areal camera ..not my phone

also gonna dig up my brass wool and see what's up with that spotted lobe tip ..
Idono about fixing cams with sandpaper .. you you can recondition ..some things with brass wool .. it's softer than aluminum so it don't scratch ..it removes the "stuck to it's"

 

[Dr. Johny Dodge]

zxcvb

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

Definitely narrower lobes!

Would be awesome if I could use this cam!

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

I'll verify what oil passages are in the head either tomorrow or Saturday... I'll have time to work on the car again real soon!

 

[arieskcar]

These are the cams you can have for free.

Doorstop slider Cam.

Roller cam?

I'll post a pick up of the 3rd Cam in the back in a little bit....

 

[arieskcar]

Ok last 2 were slider cams this is the roller Cam.

 

[GrandpaSleeper]

I wonder what I should do here... Grab the free roller, polish it as best I can, get some new lifters and then slap it all together?

I mean, should be interesting to see if I run it all summer with unpaired roller followers and a hand-polished cam... maybe it will wear more? Maybe it will be a fun experiment!