Ooops. The last sentence should read "NOT to use the clutch when starting
and idling..."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Hugh Fader
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:21 PM
> To: 'Sally or Dick Taylor'
> Cc: 'Don Malling'; '6-Pack'
> Subject: RE: Pinning thrust washers
>
>
> Hi Dick.
>
> It was necessary to do this to mine. The crank had milled out
> a slot in the
> bearing cap already and the second thrust washer was needed
> just to hold the
> other one in place. I'm not sure whether or not I would have done mine
> otherwise. Having the larger bearing surface should slow down
> the wear, but
> at a few thousand miles per year, how much wear can there be?
>
> I and others I spoke with were mystified as to how the
> bearing could slip
> out anyway. It did not appear to be extremely worn. The only
> theory I have
> is the block flexes enough under some conditions to let it
> slip out. But
> that seems pretty unlikely. I've been told to use the clutch
> when starting
> the car and when idling in traffic to avoid this.
>
> - Hugh
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sally or Dick Taylor [mailto:tr6taylor@webtv.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:13 PM
> > To: Hugh Fader
> > Cc: 'Don Malling'; '6-Pack'
> > Subject: RE: Pinning thrust washers
> >
> >
> > Listers---With due respect to all owners who have come up
> with thrust
> > bearing solutions beyond the norm, I must say that the
> > original design
> > is not necessarily deficient. Metal should not be "scraping
> on metal."
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