Re: scirocco-L-digest V1 #1886

["ethos101" <ethos101@netzero.net>]

speaking of intermediate shaft bearings ,the ones on my 16v block are
trashed but the engine seemed to run fine.Anyone got tips for R&R of these?
btw none of the main or rod bearings looked bad at all. any ideas why these
things go south? thank you
----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>
To: <aa821@acorn.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: scirocco-L-digest V1 #1886


>
> On Thu, 13 Sep 1 17:29:28 EDT Brian Dettling <aa821@acorn.net> writes:
> >RE:  Hot-Tanking Block
> >
> >If you decide to hot-tank the block, it may be advised to replace the
> >intemediate shaft bearings, which may or may not be trivial.
> >
> >HTH,
>
>
> You pretty much have to replace the bearings since the hot tanking
> process pretty much eats those bearings. Besides, its good to replace
> bearings every now and then. Id be willing to say that the intermediate
> shaft bearings are probably the most neglected when it comes to replacing
> them in an engine build. Shawn Méze86' Jetta GLi 8V       84' Scirocco 8V
>           88' Corvette -SS 30-82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project
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