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Head question

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:55 pm
by Jose I
Do I have to take the cam bushings off to send the heads to get cleaned(dipped,blasted) what ever the heck they do to clean aluminum heads?

I took every thing else off the heads can the bushings stay?

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:28 am
by mark_atterbury
Most places out here use a pressure wash cabinet for cleaning aluminum parts. Your cam bearings should be OK through that (they are similar to sts chevy cam bearings that woudl get destroyed by a standard hot tank - of course the standard hot tank would eat your heads too!).

Best to talk to the machine shop:

1. How do you clean aluminum heads?
2. Will that process hurt cam bearings?

If they can't answer those two questions, i wouldn't leave my parts with them.

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:50 pm
by Jose I
Thanks mark, I will ask