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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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So... Long story short my trans had appearantly been pushing forward on my crank and woredown the thrust bearing. Would it be ok to replace just that one main bearing with a new one and leave the others alone? The engine only has 12k miles on a fresh rebuild. Thoughts?
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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how do the rest of the bearings look? if everything else looks ok i would think you could get away with just replacing the thrust bearing. just make sure all of your clearances are still within tolerance.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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if the thrust bearing is shot, the crank is probably shot as well. check both thrust surfaces on the crankshaft, i garuntee the rear most thrust surface looks like a record. it should be smooth. i have 2 LS1's like this and am currently on the search for a soultion...
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12K rebuild and now a trashed bearing is mighty coincidental. Who built the engine?
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any more info on this?
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Originally Posted by bww3588
if the thrust bearing is shot, the crank is probably shot as well. check both thrust surfaces on the crankshaft, i garuntee the rear most thrust surface looks like a record. it should be smooth. i have 2 LS1's like this and am currently on the search for a soultion...
What were they used with? Autos or manual trans and if auto was it modded? I'm interested in this too.
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