Replacing rod/mains in car
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Replacing rod/mains in car
I got a 94 acura integra gsr turbo and my oil pump went out, I was at a stop sign when the oil pressure gauge went to 0, Killed it and towed home. I got the oil pump off and 2,3,4 main caps off. The bearings have regular wear, Like I should replace them if I can but not needed. The crank journals look fine and smooth as glass. When I slide my fingernail across them sideways it doesn't get caught or anything. (smooth as glass) Can I buy another set of acl race bearings and swap them all out and put it back together? Seems easy to swap the bottom halves of the bearings but how do I change the top half on top of crank?
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
From what I understood. Your bearings are still in good shape with no abnormal wear, but you had oil pressure drop down to 0? Did the oil pump fail on you and if not I would recommend tearing down to find the true cause of oil pressure drop.
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
it may be tricky to get it to move at first, but once it does it should come out easy the rest of the way.
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
you can rotate them out. push from the side without the notch and rotate it around the journal until it falls out like the bottom half. rotate the new bearing half back in in reverse.
it may be tricky to get it to move at first, but once it does it should come out easy the rest of the way.
it may be tricky to get it to move at first, but once it does it should come out easy the rest of the way.
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
If the bearings look to be fine, why are you replacing them?
And in any sense, if youre replacing bearings, you really should have the motor out of the car so you can check tolerances with plastiguage.
And in any sense, if youre replacing bearings, you really should have the motor out of the car so you can check tolerances with plastiguage.
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
I'm replacing the bearings because i'm already there. The bottom halves have alittle bit of wear. The top half looks perfect. The motor had about 15k miles on it. The crank looks perfect also so I'm not going to have to get it machined. Basically I could have just put the car back together and drove but I just want to replace them because i'm already here. It previously had ACL race bearings standard in it i'm putting the same thing in it again. I got 2,3,4 main bearings out atm. Starting to rain and going to get 1,5 out another day. I was told to clean the block side of where the top bearing goes and make sure it's completely dry. Is that even possible with the crank in? Can I just put the new bearings in with assembly lube on the journal side? Can someone confirm what I need to do, This is the first time swapping bearings.
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Re: Replacing rod/mains in car
I was told to clean the block side of where the top bearing goes and make sure it's completely dry. Is that even possible with the crank in? Can I just put the new bearings in with assembly lube on the journal side? Can someone confirm what I need to do, This is the first time swapping bearings.
a genrous amount of assembly lube on the bearing face (journal side) should do the trick.
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