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Mail From: Guillaume Desmarets (email redacted)

> Are by change the roller cam bearing that you found in the catalog, the
> thrust bearing, and not the real cam bearing?
>
> I have seen many different types of roller thrust bearings for the cam,
> and I think ford might have even included them on some of the new 5.0
> blocks.

Sure as one can be. Sold in sets of 4, and these are clearly CAM
bearings...

> [...]
> > Then, looking at a Ford Motorsport catalog (1997), I saw a set of cam
> > roller bearings (there is even a picture of those, p.52, part #
> > M-6261-C351). Apparently, to fit these bearings, the block has to be
> > modified (larger outside diameter)... So I thought that was the
> > difference between late and early 302 blocks... DOH!

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CAM roller bearings... #2
mailbot Mail List Archive Bot ., Online, USA	Topic Creator (OP) Apr 15, 1998 07:07 AM Joined 15 years ago 59,279 Posts

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Mail From: Collins, Jackie, MAJ (143TRANS) (email redacted)

I stand corrected, I guess. I'll have to take a look at my Motorsport
catalog (whenever it gets returned to me). In any case, I would not
recommend roller cam bearings. In my feeble brain, the cost/benefit
analysis doesn't work out.

Jack
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guillaume Desmarets [SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Sunday, 12 April 1998 21:40
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [CM:10659] Re: CAM roller bearings...
>
> > Are by change the roller cam bearing that you found in the catalog, the
> > thrust bearing, and not the real cam bearing?
> >
> > I have seen many different types of roller thrust bearings for the cam,
> > and I think ford might have even included them on some of the new 5.0
> > blocks.
>
> Sure as one can be. Sold in sets of 4, and these are clearly CAM
> bearings...
>
> > [...]
> > > Then, looking at a Ford Motorsport catalog (1997), I saw a set of cam
> > > roller bearings (there is even a picture of those, p.52, part #
> > > M-6261-C351). Apparently, to fit these bearings, the block has to be
> > > modified (larger outside diameter)... So I thought that was the
> > > difference between late and early 302 blocks... DOH!
>
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