Re: Thruster Bearings

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Yeah, Your probably right on it being rebuild time.
I was just looking at the fact that he was trying for a driver till he dropped the v-8 in it!
Pull the pan and throw a thrust bearing in it should get enough tightening up to stop the noise! If the crank is worn enough a new thrust doesn't stop the noise, it's toast anyway.
  If he's really desperate to stop the noise and beat it till it dies, He could also try throwing a cut down oil slinger behind the lower timing gear to keep the chain or what ever from contacting whatever it hits and making noise. Now that would be "shadetree" to the max!
:] LOL
Mark Price
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Morgantown, WV
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65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
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From: "Bruce Hevner" <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:19:54 -0400

>>Usually, you only see Thrust Bearing wear with Std. trans. engines.
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>Only when used with manually adjusted clutch linkage. We see 3 times the
>thrust wear on V-8s because of bad torque converters.
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>>You're rod bearings are taking a hit too, since they're being forced into
>areas and angles not >seen before....
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>Only in extreme cases. MOST engines have a good bit of clearance between the
>side of the piston pin boss and the rod. This allows the rod to move
>rearward and still maintain alignment with the crank journal. Pull one of
>the rod caps and check the bearing. If the wear looks pretty even it should
>be OK. BUT,,, don't forget that the thrust BEARING is only part of the wear.
>The rest is in the thrust flange of the crankshaft.  REBUILD TIME!!!
>But hey,, that's just ME!
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>Bruce Hevner
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