Subject: RE:JB Weld/Loctite was trans bearing/mainshaft
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Feb 17, 2004, 6:16 AM
Post ID: 1716065452
Well, what to do , what to do? I have JB weld at home already,but I can send
my pal to find some locktite.
Thanks guys.
Any views on the mainshaft itself?
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pitts [mailto:MGcoo-@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:06 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: trans bearing/mainshaft
In a message dated 2/17/04 8:35:54 AM, kgr-@midwestpension.com writes:
| I removed the bearing from the end of the shaft and reinstalled it in the cover. I see witness marks in the bore that tell me this bearing has spun. The bearing is very easily removed from the rear cover after reinstallation. Everything tells me that this cover is shot, unless I bore the hole to an oversize bearing. |
Kev
I don't know how sloppy the bearing fit is, but Locktight for bearings is
made for just this type of situation. It works so well that its becomes a
problem to remove the bearings when you want or need to get them out. I have
used it
a few times with great success.
Ken
Asheville, NC