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JFP in PA · 02-15-2020, 09:04 AM

Maytag is correct; once you have stressed the bearing by trying to pull it, it has to come out and be replaced. Doing otherwise is courting disaster.

If you used the idiot set screw method, I would bet you do not have the engine at TDC with the cams locked, which means that the shaft is now off center in the flange opening, which puts you in a very bad situation because it is now very difficult to get the engine into the correct rotational position to remove the bearing.

02-15-2020, 09:04 AM	#3
JFP in PA Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: It's a kind of magic..... Posts: 6,273	Maytag is correct; once you have stressed the bearing by trying to pull it, it has to come out and be replaced. Doing otherwise is courting disaster. If you used the idiot set screw method, I would bet you do not have the engine at TDC with the cams locked, which means that the shaft is now off center in the flange opening, which puts you in a very bad situation because it is now very difficult to get the engine into the correct rotational position to remove the bearing. __________________ “Anything really new is invented only in one’s youth. Later, one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more stupid.” - Albert Einstein Last edited by JFP in PA; 02-15-2020 at 09:08 AM.