Please tell me they are best painted not polished !

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

After yesterday's euphoria realised today that I had not polished the cam cover partly as there are some marks on the end cam bearing faces so was not sure if I needed to find a better one.

I have been advised that the upper bearings are not as critical as the lower ones in the cylinder head as the camchain & rockers  push down.
The middle two journals look okay to me there is some radial scoring on one end in particular.

Bearing photos to follow.



500 cam cover by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Number 4 is the worst bearing methinks.

.500 cam cover bearings by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[Oddjob]

You can polish that Ted, however it's an intricate surface so best painted IMO. I might do one to see how it looks but I'll probably end up painting it afterwards.

Shame about number 4 journal surface, but it's usable.

I'd be tempted to dress that down a little, just on where the really rough areas are. Just in case it touches the cam.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

You can polish that Ted, however it's an intricate surface so best painted IMO. I might do one to see how it looks but I'll probably end up painting it afterwards.

Shame about number 4 journal surface, but it's usable.

I'd be tempted to dress that down a little, just on where the really rough areas are. Just in case it touches the cam.

I will definitely clean up the outside before I paint it - I was thinking painting is easiest tbh.

Not sure how you dress down a journal how do I do that please Ken?

[Oddjob]

Just get some really fine wet and dry and take off the high points of that damage Ted. Use oil on the wet and dry.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Just get some really fine wet and dry and take off the high points of that damage Ted. Use oil on the wet and dry.

I have some 1200 will that be a suitable grade of wet & dry?