It is not especially hard to replace the washers with the engine in the car,
but that's probably
not the cause of your knocking. You may need new rod bearings (also
replaceable with
the engine in the car), or possibly new mains or a crank regrind. It is
rather easy
to measure the crank end thrust before you start tearing things apart.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 04:20 PM 11/30/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> Doing some research in the Haynes and Bentley manuals, it seems that
>my Spit's thrust washers are in need of repairing. I do hear a knocking sound
>when revving up the engine, and it looks like I'm gonna have to get down there
>& replace it.
>
>To my knowledge, the crankshaft has not been reground, but should I buy both
>sizes of thrust washers just to be sure?
>
>Is this repair possible without taking out the engine? Looking from the photos
>and such, I'm not entirely sure. Can you rotate it in there?
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