I was wondering if you could pull the crank out from the bottom the car w/o pulling the motor and change out rod brearings?
Not saying that I did it wrong but what happens if you replace a cam and you don't break it in (wipe out a lobe)? What is the recomended procedure on doing this?
The reason why I asks these questions is (making a long story short) I had a cam put in my in my car when I had my timing chain replaced. Well the shop took 2 weeks longer than he said. Well I got kinda of upset and when he said that he was about done, (said to pick it up at noon) I went down to pick up my car and he wasn't even close. Well 8 hours later and putting valve covers on wrong and other stupid stuff, they finally put it back together right (after helping them wrench on it). I was told that you were supposed to run the engine for about 15-20 mins at about 2000 rpm's to set the lifters. Well I don't remember them doing that. Actually they didn't. I was to fired up to even realize it. Took it about a block down the road for a test drive and then turned right back around and heard a reptitve knocking sound. Kept getting louder and louder. I thought it might have been a rocker that came loose. Well pulled back into his shop and he said that it was a rod bearing after taking off the valve covers. I never recorded any knock on the scanmaster. That was really weird. This knocking sound was bad. I left the car there and he said that he would give me a deal on fixing it. When I picked it up, he told me I spun the#3 bearing and he had to pull the crank out and turn it 10/10. He told me that he pulled the crank from the bottom of the car and repalced them. Did I get ripped off? Could the knock come from the cam not being broke in and he didn't want to tell me he messed up? This was well over a year ago and it just now started to bother me. I really thought the guy was nice and knew what he was talking about. Any help would be great to calm my nerves.
Thanks,
Not saying that I did it wrong but what happens if you replace a cam and you don't break it in (wipe out a lobe)? What is the recomended procedure on doing this?
The reason why I asks these questions is (making a long story short) I had a cam put in my in my car when I had my timing chain replaced. Well the shop took 2 weeks longer than he said. Well I got kinda of upset and when he said that he was about done, (said to pick it up at noon) I went down to pick up my car and he wasn't even close. Well 8 hours later and putting valve covers on wrong and other stupid stuff, they finally put it back together right (after helping them wrench on it). I was told that you were supposed to run the engine for about 15-20 mins at about 2000 rpm's to set the lifters. Well I don't remember them doing that. Actually they didn't. I was to fired up to even realize it. Took it about a block down the road for a test drive and then turned right back around and heard a reptitve knocking sound. Kept getting louder and louder. I thought it might have been a rocker that came loose. Well pulled back into his shop and he said that it was a rod bearing after taking off the valve covers. I never recorded any knock on the scanmaster. That was really weird. This knocking sound was bad. I left the car there and he said that he would give me a deal on fixing it. When I picked it up, he told me I spun the#3 bearing and he had to pull the crank out and turn it 10/10. He told me that he pulled the crank from the bottom of the car and repalced them. Did I get ripped off? Could the knock come from the cam not being broke in and he didn't want to tell me he messed up? This was well over a year ago and it just now started to bother me. I really thought the guy was nice and knew what he was talking about. Any help would be great to calm my nerves.

Thanks,