cam breather timer, the rotating part

If I leave out the cam breather rotor and spring will I have too much cam backlash side to side

I have a 70 model with dual breathers. I have the classic blanking plate on the timing cover side mounted with a Mike's XS breather which was done before any of these fancy new breathers were invented. Later, I added the Jim Schmidt camshaft reed breather and drilled out the centers of the rotating discs to disable their action to let the reed valve do the job.. This way I did not effect the spacing of the cam lobe location and the corresponding pattern worn on the followers One thing I would say is to use some loctite sealant on the little pin that holds the stationary disk in place. It just seemed like it would shake loose and grind away at the rotating disk and make a metallic slurry as it wore one against the other...

All the normal common sense should be used upon assembly. File any burrs off the disks. Inspect the cam lobes and followers for wear and delamination and use assembly lube everywhere...

Im going to assemble it without the rotor and spring and yes the stationary disc is unmodified and I see the pin and I got every thing set to happen now with three bond on the case halves , here I go should I put some 3bond on the pin?

The pin is held by the second disk which blocks it from falling out. That's why I thought drilling both disks and leaving them in place with the spring was the best solution. If you don't put the second disk and spring back in place, then you are praying that the pin doesn't fall out and that the stationary disk stays where it is.... that's just my thoughts about it.... It doesn't take much to drill both disks in the center, file off any burrs and reassemble the stock assembly with some locktite on the pin