Camshaft Installation Video - Engine Building Car Repair DVD

I've always used regular engine oil on all my roller cams with no issue.

what do you think about moly lube on hydraulic roller cam? will it cause any issues? would it keep the roller lifters from actually rolling on the lobes?

so musch easier not taking the motor out and with a SOHC or DOHC because if you cam is hard to reach u might as well pull the motor

it would be in an LS1 not installed yet. its goin into a 65 burb and i havent bolted the whole front clip up yet so its REALLY easy to get to the camshaft timing etc etc.

If your engine is still in the vehicle you can swap out the camshaft. You would have to remove the radiator and the water pump and timing cover as well. Most likely, depending on your engine type, you'll have to get the harmonic balancer off before the timing cover can be removed.

cam you install a camshafter with out ripping apart the motor to bare block?

Holy S**t ! My cam was a bit tighter in the bearings when I put it in... is it really supposed to turn THAT easily?!

For the lobes of the camshaft it's best to use "Moly" Lube (Molybdenum Grease) which is usually supplied with a new camshaft but is available separately if needed. The reason is it's lubricating ability is higher than oil alone and is needed for new flat tappet camshaft lobes (not roller cams) when they are first run during the critical break-in period of a freshly rebuilt engine. If you don't use Moly Lube, you run the risk of having a cam lobe "wipe" itself out and going flat

Hello. What kind oh grease use?. Is it not better use motor oil?. Thank you.

when you are installing a new cam..what else do you have to replace without anything messing up? or causing you engine to mess up?
like for Ex: push rods, rocker arms, valve springs, exc.
i know you cant put in a new racing cam while leaving some stuff stock..what else do you have to put in?

you know so much aboutCar engines, and i love engines and everything about cars. i was wondering where u learned all of this?

great vid thanks

The camshaft absolutely has to have a liberal amount of moly lube applied to the lobes in order to allow for proper cam break-in.
The pistons will not be greatly affected by excess cam lube that makes it's way to the oil sump as the piston skirts are mostly oiled by splash the is slung from the rods after traveling through the oil pump, the oil galley and then to the exit points of the crank at the rod journals or squirt holes.

won't haveing to much engine assembly lube effect the rings from running in?

nice high nickel block