W4 McCormick Deering Camshaft

Olie

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This is my first W4 that I am restoring and I have a book but... Can someone tell me the easiest way to remove the camshaft and install new bushings if necessary.
 
(quoted from post at 17:20:02 04/03/14) This is my first W4 that I am restoring and I have a book but... Can someone tell me the easiest way to remove the camshaft and install new bushings if necessary.

You need a special tool for installing the new bushings. It is a job that is best left to a machine shop.
 
Snap-On makes a special puller/installer for
camshaft bearings. Mine cost over $200, in 1978,
probably double that now. I didn"t use mine very much, so sold it, in the 80"s, for more that I
paid for it. Without the tool, or experience
using it, you"re better off having it done by
a shop.
I ruined a bearing set learning to use the tool.
 
(quoted from post at 18:20:02 04/03/14) This is my first W4 that I am restoring and I have a book but... Can someone tell me the easiest way to remove the camshaft and install new bushings if necessary.

I assume you have already removed the engine from the tractor and taken it apart? To remove the camshaft, you have to first remove the front cover off of the engine and remove the lifters. Then you have to reach through the holes in the cam gear with a socket on an extension and a ratchet and remove the 2 bolts that are behind the cam gear. Then you can remove the camshaft. To remove the old and install new cam bearings requires a special tool. You can buy a cheap import off of ebay for about $150, but unless you are planning on rebuilding several more engines in the future, you would be better off having a machine shop replace the cam bearings.
 
If the oil pump is driven off the cam you need to remove the oil pump. As suggested have your local auto machine shop install new cam bearings. Hal
 

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