worried....... a little

318willrun said

probably, unless it caused a minor "bind" in the tail of the camshaft. I've got the timing chain installed, and I cannot feel it when I turn the assembly by the crank, by hand, using the balancer (heads are off). I could only feel it when I rotated the cam by itself. Just thought it was unusual.....

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It is unusual.
Be very careful. Cam bearings wear like any other part. It is likely that the bearings are out of round. You can stick a bearing and spin it in the block. It's not likely, but I have seen them bind up and snap the chain or even snap the nose off the cam.


Or, you could get lucky and nothing will happen. I'd pull the cam and look the bearings over real close.

BTW and FWIW this is one of the things you see when guys run what I consider low oil pressure at idle, and other than OE springs. It will beat the cam bearings out of round. Then add to that at low RPM things tend to drag and you end up with a mess. Once I go over about 280 over the nose I want a minimum of 35 PSI at a hot idle.