Broken Cam. Need Help!

[DBo]

I've built my motor and I'm at the part where I'm installing my cams. I started on the intake side and I made sure it was lined up right. All the lobes were where they were supposed to be, the timing chain gray link lined up perfectly with the dot on the cam gear. I began to tighten the cam holders starting with the #3 holder, it went down fine, then I went #2 holder and it was going down fine but it was a little snug. It didn't get tight at all then I hear a snap and saw my cam broken. I couldn't have bent a valve cause the valves wouldn't have hit anything the way the lobes were.

Can a stock cam weaken after a while because I got pissed and took off the broken cam and threw it at the floor and it broke again?

Any info will really help.

Thanks

[Stripes]

What?

You broke a cam by torquing your bolts down too tight, then you broke your broken cam again? You try to confuse.

[DBo]

ok so ive realized wat i did wrong. i tightend the middle holder all the way down and didnt evenly tighten all the holders so i binded up on the second holder causin it to snap.. lame

thanks anyway

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[Sil80315]

That sucks man..well now you know not to do that

[DBo]

What?

You broke a cam by torquing your bolts down too tight, then you broke your broken cam again? You try to confuse.

sry for the confusion. the first cam i installed snapped on me and i took it off and threw it at the ground thats how i broke it twice lol.

i installed the spare cam i had and it on fine

[jr_ss]

That's why they have a trqing sequence in the FSM... You're suppose to alternate back and forth, no just 1 cam cap at a time.

[DBo]

yea for some reason it skipped my mind i dunno..at least i had a spare