Hi Nolan,
Thanks for the discussion.
I know its the side thrust they take, and that riding the clutch is bad.
I've gotten in such a habit of putting my car in neutral at a stoplight that
it is driving my wife mad when I drive her Subaru!
I realize that at about 5,000km per year (or less), it will take me a while
to add up 30,000 miles, but still why change them if oiling them will
prevent it?
So, I figure that a small hole - say 1/32" or smaller - wouldn 't adversely
affect the amount of oil available to the rear main bearing - it has a 1/4"
hole, or thereabouts.
I'd prevent this point of your argument...
> You've also got a likelyhood of having the oil pressure push the thrust
washer away from the block, and grind it dry against the crankshaft, while
lubricating >hapily between the block and thrustwasher (which isn't a good
thing).
by making sure there is a hole in the thrust washer, larger than the gallery
hole (the 1/32" mentioned above). I'd put this hole in the recessed area of
the thrust washer so oil 'flows' into it rather than being 'forced' into it.
I thought about the drilling both sides of the web, oiling front and rear
thrust washers, but decided it wouldn't be needed as there is some splash
there already - more splash in that area than in that small space between
the rear of the rear web and the back plate.
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