abnormal lifter wear?
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Car: 1987 SC/1985 TA
Engine: 350/vortec/fitech
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9-bolt
abnormal lifter wear?
I pulled the manifold off for a leak and checked all of my lifters while I was there (a lot of horror stories out there). Got about 2-3 hours on the motor after a cam change (comp cam and lifter set XE 256). Each lifter shows a small scuff mark in the center with barely discernible spiral marks from the center out with a small scuff ring around the perimeter. Is this normal wear on the way to a lifter with a polished face? I've pulled lifters out before but never this early in the break-in.
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That's OK.
That one has been turning. That's why it looks uniform all the way around. What you DON'T want to see, is a little "bar" looking shape of wear, where the cam lobe has never run on any other spot except that "bar".
That one has been turning. That's why it looks uniform all the way around. What you DON'T want to see, is a little "bar" looking shape of wear, where the cam lobe has never run on any other spot except that "bar".
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Car: 1987 SC/1985 TA
Engine: 350/vortec/fitech
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9-bolt
Thanks for the replys. Still convex. I felt 90% safe seeing the same pattern of wear on each and evidence of the lifter turning. Just used to the shiny, mirror like finish on a lifter with many more hours on it I guess.
Course I wouldn't have even pulled them to look if not for all the bad press lately on failed cams.
Course I wouldn't have even pulled them to look if not for all the bad press lately on failed cams.
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As long as it's still slightly convex a normal wear pattern would have just a tiny "halo" of untouched metal around the outer 1/16" of the lifter face. The center will look rather "cloudy" from being poished at different angles by the cam lobe as the lifter spins.
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