Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 22:07:45 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Donalds <bostneng@FCL-US.NET>
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From: Robert Donalds <bostneng@FCL-US.NET>
Subject: Re: installing i-shaft bearings
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Fellow vanagon types
I have installed many set of these bearings into rebuilt 1.8 blocks for use in ice rinks to power Zambonis popane fueled to boot
on a good day I can get each bearing in straight and the I shaft turns freely on my first set of bearings. The trick is to drive them in staight. the rear #4 is the harder of the two to drive straight and I can only say it requires some practice and a set or 2 of bearings. The rear plug is best installed threw the freese plug hole and the rear bearings can be purchased seperatly. the front bearing is so easy to install because I use the I shaft as the install tool. first place the bearing on the shaft and install the shaft in the block. the I shaft is already started in the rear bearing when you bring the front bearing to rest against the block. align the oiling with the hole in the block and tap on the bolt you have installed in the end of the I shaft the one that holds the gear. take care not to brake the thrust flange off the I shaft comes in contact with the block
For an in van repair check the rear bearing for side play before you remove it as it often does not wear like the front bearing.
I have a three corner deburing tool from sears that can be used to trim the bearing and remove the high spots. To find the high spots just turn the shaft and they shine if you can't install the shaft start over with new bearings
hope this helps
going faster miles an hour I remain
Bob Donalds
http://www.bostonengine.com
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Hello everyone,
After much care, I've just finished installing a new set of intermediate shaft bearings in my 1.6L NA block. I test fit the shaft only to find that the bearing nearest to the oil pump is way too tight. So tight in fact that I had to weasle the drive gear through it. Once I got it past the drive gear, the bearing was of course too small for the shaft journal.
I installed this bearing from the cylinder #4 side of the block. I removed the little "freeze plug" and used a bearing installation tool. I'm wondering it should have been installed from the other side, and maybe I screwed up the bearing by installing it from the wrong side? I don't think this should be the case, however.
I bought the bearing set from my local foreign car parts store. It came from Beck-Arnley (014-6350). Inside the Beck-Arnley box is a Dura-Bond Bearings box "Cam Bearing Set No. VWG-1 Interchanges with 1726M SH1209S 2C1209S"
Can anyone offer advice? I've used some dykem blue to find where it's binding. I see a constant ring right where the journal begins it's taper. It seems like I'll have to fit this bearing quite a bit...
I'm inclined to go and buy a brake cylinder hone and remove some material...
