11-23-24, 09:27 PM (This post was last modified: 11-23-24, 09:34 PM by 65rbdodge.)
A few months ago I bought this 2012 5.7, it was in a ram truck and had a miss on number 1 cylinder. Got it for $340. I had a pretty good idea it was going to be a wiped cam.
After tearing it down I wasn't surprised at what I found
I clean it a few times and pressure washed the block. And gave it a coat of motor coater race hemi orange
11-24-24, 09:09 AM (This post was last modified: 11-24-24, 09:32 PM by 65rbdodge.)
Of course pieces of the cam made their way through the motor, the bearings weren't in the best shape, the mains were worse than the rod, I replaced all of them. The crank wasn't to bad so I polished it by hand. The cam bearings were fine.
Having only ever worked on vintage mopar motors, some of the stuff inside is a little different- fractured connecting rods, they use a bolt but no nut. The pistons are very short with thin rings
Locking out the cam phaser, this normally advances/retards the cam timing, you need to lock it out when you put a cam in with more lift/duration so you don't have piston to valve contact