On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Dart 330 wrote: > There is no grinding noise at any time or I would have stopped driving the > van. How much should it cost to have the pilot bearing replaced? The cost is a clutch job. I say this because any time you have the engine and tranny split it pays to take care of everything in there: replace the clutch disk, pilot bearing, and throw-out bearing, resurface the flywheel, and replace the rear crank seal. Most of this job is labor. > If the input shaft is chewed up can that be replaced without dismantling > the transmission? I think so, yes.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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