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I have no info about the block you describe but on a sbc nothing holds the cam in. The rotation of the cam and its gears pull it back instead of towards the front of the engine. I'm thinking that a bbc's cam is different and a cam button is needed to prevent the cam from walking forward and into the timing cover.
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Originally Posted by GDaina
prolly the cam plate on small blocks as well...the newer blocks.
I cant find a cam button for a later model block, they all say for older blocks.
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das ist nicht eine cam button...what it is, is a cam retaining plate. The cam has a snout, smaller in diameter of the journal, that extends about .25" out of the block, the plate has a hole, the size of the snout, and is placed on the snout, and is retained by two bolts, screwed in front of the block...
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
http://www.paceparts.com/index.asp?P...ch=cam%20plate
The part is called cam thrust plate, and illustrated in the first pic.
The part is called cam thrust plate, and illustrated in the first pic.
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From: All humans are vermin in the eyes of Guru VA
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Originally Posted by GDaina
das ist nicht eine cam button...what it is, is a cam retaining plate. The cam has a snout, smaller in diameter of the journal, that extends about .25" out of the block, the plate has a hole, the size of the snout, and is placed on the snout, and is retained by two bolts, screwed in front of the block...
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Originally Posted by GDaina
http://www.paceparts.com/index.asp?P...ch=cam%20plate
The part is called cam thrust plate, and illustrated in the first pic.
The part is called cam thrust plate, and illustrated in the first pic.
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LOL, Carl, thats only when your trying to remove it
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It seems like I read that on flat tappet cams, the lobes are ground with a slight taper so that when the lifters ride the lobe, it pushes the cam toward the rear.
Looks like we have the old and new roller cams covered with retaining plates and cam buttons.
Looks like we have the old and new roller cams covered with retaining plates and cam buttons.
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Originally Posted by VintageMuscle
It seems like I read that on flat tappet cams, the lobes are ground with a slight taper so that when the lifters ride the lobe, it pushes the cam toward the rear.
Looks like we have the old and new roller cams covered with retaining plates and cam buttons.
Looks like we have the old and new roller cams covered with retaining plates and cam buttons.
I've read the same thing somewhere.....
