I'm curious I have a friend who is having an engine swap into his car and the swap is almost done and it turns out that the engine has a spun bearing and I'm wondering could something the mehanics at the shop he's dealing with be at fault? I don't question it much becuase the shop he's dealing with sounds like they're pretty incoherent. I doubt they even changed any belts or gaskets before install.

 

that would be hard to tell, things like that you couldn't really tell until you started it or tore the motor down

 

So the mechanics are the one who did the swap? The only thing I can think of (which I think wouldn't really happen) is if they started it with no oil in the engine. I believe that spun bearings are usually caused by over revving. But I suppose no oil could do it.

 

while on the topic. How much assembly lube are you supposed to put on the bearings? I say the more the better. Correct?

 

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for shizzle! As long as you already measured out the tolerances, lube her up. Better to be overly lubed than dry. "When in doubt, add more lube"

 

sweet. I pulled cyphears motor tonight while he was assembling the new block and he asked that question.

Motor completely pulled in about 4 hours with a few smoke breaks. Not bad imo