camshaft bearing shells

[elnigel]

just started stripping down my 1989 8v digifant for a full overhaul and noticed that my cam bearings go 1,2,3,5 theres a big gap and number 4 bearing is completely missing!

the haynes manual shows 5 bearings, is my car normal or has something very strange happened?

 

[richandhazel]

Thats perfectly normal.........some heads have that big gap and a  bearing missing. Can't remember which heads do and which don't but at a guess I would say the hydraulic tappet heads have the bearing missing.

[modulater]

Yep rich your tickety boo, the later hydraulic heads from mid '86 on have the  4th bearing missing.  The cam cover also has a yellow sticker on it denoting non adjustable tappets.