16-03-2018, 11:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-03-2018, 11:30 PM by Hedd Jones.)
The building up of the rear main journal is because the inner is liable to run loose as it is not clamped in normal circumstances.
The first engine I had in my box was bought as an unknown runner off Mick Kirkland. I partly stripped it to find the crank like a dick in a bucket in the inner race. So i glued it in with some loctite.
About 7 years later, and god knows how many miles (speedo not connected) the front mains wore so the crank occasionally caught the centre camshaft bearing, stripping it to identify the cause of my 'knock' I found the inner race again loose. In hindsight it had probably been like that not long after It went back in the car.
I hasten to add that whilst the engine smoked like my Mondeo. It went like a rocket.
The first engine I had in my box was bought as an unknown runner off Mick Kirkland. I partly stripped it to find the crank like a dick in a bucket in the inner race. So i glued it in with some loctite.
About 7 years later, and god knows how many miles (speedo not connected) the front mains wore so the crank occasionally caught the centre camshaft bearing, stripping it to identify the cause of my 'knock' I found the inner race again loose. In hindsight it had probably been like that not long after It went back in the car.
I hasten to add that whilst the engine smoked like my Mondeo. It went like a rocket.