Roller or slider cam? How do you tell?

[Dave]

Well? I figured roller cams meant the rocker arms had rollers on them, and sliders just hit the rocker dead on with no rollers. Is this correct?

Thanks,
-Bryan

[Raymont]

You are correct, the Roller Cams have followers with a rolling bearing built into them, they are underneath the cam, on the head. Slider cams have iron folowers.

If I recall correctly, Slider cams have wider lobes than Roller cams...

[Dave]

You are correct, the Roller Cams have followers with a rolling bearing built into them, they are underneath the cam, on the head. Slider cams have iron folowers.

If I recall correctly, Slider cams have wider lobes than Roller cams...

Okay thanks Ray.

[86lance]

yeah slider cams are wider than rollers

[iniviate]

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[Dave]

So basically what cars did the slider cams come on? Out of all our fleet of TD's I haven't seen one that has a slider.

[BadAssPerformance]

So basically what cars did the slider cams come on? Out of all our fleet of TD's I haven't seen one that has a slider.

The transition year was '88 so everything prior was a slider, everything after was a roller... 88's are supposed to be rollers, but i'm sure there are exceptions...