Quote Originally Posted by bradshow View Post
So I finally tore my old 5.3 apart that I pulled out of my 04 Z71. Truck was running low oil pressure for about 10000 miles. Anyway, when I went to pull the cam out the #3 cam bearing came with it in one piece and now it gets caught as I try and remove the cam.

Is there a tech tip on how to get the bearing off the cam? There isn't much room to do much of anything. I'm not worried about ruining the cam but I don't want to damage anything else. Should I just let the machine shop deal with it? I'd hate to be charged a ton for something I could get done. It's my first LS build.

Any help is appreciated.

Like Farmtruc said just try and work it out, but cam bearings usually come in complete sets so replace them all and never look back, don't skimp out in this area trying to save a few $$$ trying to save the "other" bearings, just replace them all, but be patient in the removal and you will have great success