Alan my guess is most are put together that way. It could have been a combination of things that caused my issue. Reused bearings with the sealant may have been enough to give them room to shuffle around. I don't know, just speculating.
Good to have at least a couple opinions on a matter.
I'm cleaning my cam towers and notice a fair amount of scratching on the surface the cams ride on. Is this normal? It's primarily on the bottom of the tower not on the top surface. The cams themselves looked fine and are out getting sc grind by John Dougherty.
Btw these things take a lot of time to clean. Any tricks anyone has found for cleaning these and other oily parts? I've been using a degrease solvent with nylon brushes. Would switching to mineral spirits or diesel make a big difference?