<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Ditto for the gt6.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 23, 2023, at 12:22 PM, Barr, Scott via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">On my Spit, I found that I had to replace the main bearings more often than the thrust washers, so I pinned the top half and replaced thrust washers like every second time I replaced main bearings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Richard Good via Fot<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2023 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> fot@autox.team.net; David Cutter <david.c.cutter@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Thrust Bearing fabrication question?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I use brass pins in the lower half only. If you pin the upper half you have to remove the crank to replace the thrust washer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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