The block has been fully preped along with new cam bearings.
We installed the cam tonight and when fully stabed in you can not turn it by hand. When you turn it with a wrench it will break free and start turning better. If you stop you have to use the wrench to start it turning again. Bearings were lubed with the cam break in lube. If you pull it out of the block to the groove in the front journal it will turn fine. Just for fun we installed the old cam and it turned fine by hand, now mind you this cam has 200,000+ miles on it. This is my first AMC build so not sure if this is right, myself I think not.
Jim